Socha (unit)

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The Socha , the plow. the hook was a Russian square measure and corresponded to the measure of hooves . The Socha was an unsuitable measure as a basis for calculating taxes, as things outside of the measure were always included. The Socha has been known since 1273.

literature

  • Hans-Joachim Torke: Introduction to the history of Russia. CH Beck, Munich 1997, p. 311, ISBN 978-3-40642-304-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. Magnus Georg Paucker: Contents overview of the work on measure, weight and coin of the Russian Empire and its German Baltic countries. Imperial Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg 1832, p. 9.