A Russian unit of measurement for volume, historically used for grain and liquids, representing roughly one-quarter of a larger measure.
From Old Russian meaning 'a quarter,' chetvert was a fundamental unit in Russian medieval commerce and agriculture, deriving from the concept of dividing larger measures into fourths.
The chetvert shows up constantly in Russian medieval trade documents and folklore—it was so important that it actually affected land ownership patterns, since estates were often valued by how many chetverits of grain they could produce annually.
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