desyatin

(ˈdɛsjəˌtiːn)

(Units) a variant spelling of dessiatine

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The undergrowth will take care of itself, and there'll still be some thirty sazheens of fire-wood left on each desyatin,' said he to himself.

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His services were lavishly rewarded with the inheritance of 1,000 desyatins of land in Karras.

Religious Factor in The Foreign Policy of Great States in the Caucasus

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