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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Prior to the revolution of 1917 Russia had its own unique system of weights and measures the salient features of which are listed below:
linear measures. arshin = 28 inches
sazhen = 7 feet
verst = 0.66 miles
Square measures. desyatin = 2.7 acres
volume chetvert = 5.95 bushels or 2.1 hl.
weight pud = 36 lbRULERS
Peter I ('the Great') 1682-1725 Catherine I 1725-1727 Peter II 1727-1730 Anna 1730-1740 Ivan VI 1740-1741 Elizabeth 1741-1761 Peter III 1761-1762 Catherine II ('the Great') 1762-1796 Paul 1796-1801 Alexander I 1801-1825 Nicholas I 1825-1855 Alexander II 1855-1881 Alexander III 1881-1894 Nicholas II 1894-1917
MINISTERS OF FINANCE
(post 1802 Reforms)
1802 A I Vasiliev 1858 A M Kniazhevskii 1892 S Yu WITTE 1807 F A Golubtsov 1862 M Kh REITERN 1903 E D Pleske 1810 D A Guriev 1878 S A Grieg 1904 V N Kokovtsov 1823 I F KANKRIN 1880 A A Abaza 1905 I P Shipov 1844 F P Vronchenko 1881 N Kh Bunge 1906 V N Kokovtsov 1852 P F Brok. 1887 I VYSHNEGRADSKII 1914 P L Bark
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