Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-39960768-20191208114553

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsolete_Russian_units_of_measurement

Checked the Wikipedia entry because a meme post talking about Frozen’s Olaf being ridiculously tall for a small snowman.

Apparently the most used scale in this series is actually spelled Arshin. While Kawaguchi compared it to meter, it’s actually standardised as to British Yard, about 71cm.

Meanwhile the other scale, Chet(vert) that is compared to 10 cm in the series is actually standardised to a quarter arshin. 