verst

noun

1. A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about ²⁄₃ of a mile.

   “|The hill Pulkowa, twelve miles (seventeen wersts) south of Admiralty Palace in St. Petersburg, […]”

   “Her particular part of the country was a few hundred versts the other side of Tamboff, with some fifteen miles of agrarian disturbance between her and the nearest neighbour.”

   “‘Is it much further, Michael?’ she asked the clerk, to dispel the thoughts that frightened her. ‘They say it's seven versts from this village.’”

   “You have to tramp three or four versts to get to the exhibition of war loot, past Fabergé eggs and the Impressionists.”