Kubyas step

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The Kubjas step was a measure of length in Estonia and was used to measure farmland. The underlying system of measurement was suspended in 1845 in favor of the Russian one.

1 Kubjas step = 1 yard = 405.3425 Paris lines = 0.91438 meters
5 Kubjas steps = 1 pole = 4.57192 meters

literature

Johann Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking system and the customs of all countries and trading places. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 1006.