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noun
- a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
noun
- a unit of length, used in Russia, equal to 1.067 kilometres (0.6629 miles)
Russian unit of distance measure equal to about two-thirds of a mile, 1550s, from Russian versta, related to Old Church Slavonic vrusta “stadium,” vruteti (Russian vertet) “to turn” (see versus).