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Old Russian liquid and dry measures, from the shtof to the chetvert. Part of the Ancient Measures collection.
Every unit converts through liters. Liquid series: vedro = 12.299 L, shtof = vedro/10. Dry series: chetvert = 209.91 L, osmina = chetvert/2, chetverik = chetvert/8. Worked example: a barrel (bochka) of 40 vedros = 40 × 12.299 = 492 L (about 130 US gallons). Liquid and dry measures were separate series in old Russia — a vedro never measured grain, nor a chetverik wine.
About 12.3 L (3.25 US gallons) — literally ‘bucket.’ The base Russian liquid unit; wine and vodka were sold by the vedro.
About 26.2 L dry — one-eighth of a chetvert. The everyday grain measure at market; the word also meant the wooden container itself.
About 210 L (5.6 bushels) dry — eight chetveriks. The great measure for harvests and state grain reserves.
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