Arshin

The arshin was a Russian measure of length and was considered the ulna. It was first mentioned in 1562 and from 1649 to a Russian standard size. Iron stamped Arschinen can be dated to the year 1647. The Saschen than triple Elle was already mentioned in 1116 and called back at least to 1493 with great Saschen. He is the now well-known Russian thread.

At 11-12. October 1835 the Arshin, the foot (in Russian ) and the Saschen was determined by a ukase exactly:

According to a decree of January 3, 1843 the measure was from January 1, 1845 are this size

As a dimension string of thread that matters, from, was

With a decree of 6 July 1844, the Russian measures were introduced in the old parlance Petersburg extent, in Nagorno-Karabakh.

• Nagorno-Karabakh: Arshin 1 = 1 3/8 Arshin (Russian ) = 433.491 Parisian lines = 0.9 meters