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Desyatina
Translation of "desyatina" into Russian
desyatina
Noun
desyatina
desyatinas pl
desyatiny pl
истор. единица площади; также церковный налог-десятая часть дохода
The estate comprised nearly one hundred desyatinas of fertile farmland.
В имении было почти сто десятин плодородной пашни.
Definitions
desyatina
Noun
A Russian imperial unit of land area equal to approximately 2.7 acres (about 1.09 hectares).
The estate comprised nearly one hundred desyatinas of fertile farmland.
Historical: a tithe; one-tenth of produce or income paid to the church or a feudal lord in medieval Rus'.
The prince pledged a desyatina of his annual revenues to the monastery.