Chetverik

/tʃɪtˈvɛrɪk/ noun

A Russian unit of dry measurement for grain and other commodities, equal to about one-quarter of a chetvirt (an older Russian measure).

From Russian 'chetvert' (quarter), the word literally means 'a quarter measure' and was a standard agricultural measurement in pre-Soviet Russia.

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