РУМШИШКИ – ЖИЖМОРЫ, 1916

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РУМШИШКИ - ЖИЖМОРЫ

(Rumšiškės to Žiežmariai), in a two-verst map at 1:84 000.

A “Verst,” since the time of Peter the Great, in the early 18th century = 500 sazhen. This makes a verst equal to 1.0668 kilometers (0.6629 miles; 3,500 feet. Peter redefined it against the Englsih system, and used Arabic numerals. The measurement was abandoned July 21, 1925

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1916

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easteurotopo.org