Tatar units of measurement explained
Traditional Tatar units of measurement were used by Tatars until 1924 but became obsolete when the Soviet Union adopted the metric system.
The Tatar system shares many units with the Russian system (e.g. and), which is close to the English (The Russian system existed since ancient Rus', but under Peter the Great, the Russian units were redefined relative to the English system.), therefore a is relatively equal to an inch. This list includes their Tatar language names.
Length
- (дюйм), thumb = 30 mm
- (вершок) = 44.45 mm
- (foot)
- or (пядь)
- (аршин)
- 1 = 4 = 16 = 28 = 711.2 mm
- or (сажень)
- (верста)
- or
- (миля), geographical mile
- , the distance a horse travels without stops
- , a day of riding
- , the distance a horse travels in one day, equal to 40–50 km
- , a month of riding, equal to 1120.14 km
Area
- 1 = 1 2 = 4.552 m2
- 1 = 3600 2 = 1820.9 m2
- (десятина)
- 1 = 2400 = 10,925.4 m2 = 1.09254 ha
- 1 = = 5462.7 m2
- 1 = 1 2 = 1.138 km2
Volume
- (гарнец) = 3.279 L
- (четверик)
- (четверть)
- 1 = 64 garnets = 8 Çirektän sigez = 209.91 L
- (ведро) = 12,299 L
- (пудовка)
- 1, the volume of 16 kg of water
- 1 = 2 = the volume of 32 kg of water
- 1 = 4
Mass
- (допя) = 44.434 mg
- (золотник)
- (лот)
- or (фунт)
- (пуд)
- (берковец)