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In a few minutes they were not more than half a verst from the river.

At that moment, a noise was heard on the road, about half a verst distant.

The dust cloud was closer now: about half a verst away.

And he plunged into the river, which here was half a verst in width.

He accordingly ran on towards this house, still about half a verst distant.

Michael Strogoff was not more than half a verst from the town.

The Great Sea route means a journey of more than three thousand verst.

"Half a verst from the first houses," replied Nadia.

Whereas there had been 12.8 workers for every verst of line in 1913 there were 10.4 in 1922.

I have known Verst for as long as I can remember.

The area of the uyezd was 2822.9 square verst.

Verst awakens to see a fifth man on Icarus.

Rural areas for 50 verst (kilometers) from the western border were closed from new settlement.

'We've had to conquer every verst of territory we have ever gained.

The kibitka was now only half a verst from Krasnoiarsk.

In the English language, verst is singular with the normal plural versts.

The area covered 6,829.7 square verst.

With verst: in Old Russia, a league?

A verst was soon traversed.

The pace was fast; they stopped only at way stations which were situated every hundred verst or so to change st'lyan.

Polyakov made himself rich charging the state 75 thousand roubles per verst of track, eight times above actual cost.

The initial run of the road (up to Kutlushnoye, 93 verst ( 99 km)) was constructed during 1796-1801.

Lord of ladders, what for lungitube I Can you read the verst legend hereon?

Yet his is a translation that uses the Russian measurement "verst" (about six-tenths of a mile) and nowhere tells the reader what it means.

Sir William Verst?"