- Pood
Pood ( _ru. пуд, "pud"), is a unit of
mass equal to 40 funt (фунт,Russian pound ). It is approximately 16.38kilogram s (36.11 pounds).cite journal
last = Yakovlev
first = V. B.
title = Development of Wrought Iron Production
journal = Metallurgist
volume = Volume 1
issue = Number 8
pages = 546
publisher = Springer
location = New York
date = August 1957
url = http://www.springerlink.com/content/hx515m2689563420/
doi = 10.1007/BF00732452
id = 0026-0894
accessdate = 2008-01-13] It was used inRussia ,Belarus andUkraine . Pood was first mentioned in a number of documents of the 12th century.Together with other units of
weight of the Imperial Russian weight measurement system, pood was abolished in theUSSR in 1924.Its usage is preserved in modern Russian in certain specific cases, e.g., in reference to sports weights, such as traditional Russian
kettlebells , cast in multiples and fractions of 16 kg (which is pood rounded to metric units). For example, a 24 kg kettlebell is commonly referred to as "one-and-half pood kettlebell" ("polutorapudovaya girya"). It is also sometimes used when reporting the amounts of bulk agricultural production, such as grains or potatoes.An old Russian proverb reads, "You never know a man until you have eaten a pood of salt with him."
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External links
* [http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/units/weight/weight.pood.en.html Conversion factors from pood to other units of mass (contemporary and ancient)]
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