Convert metres to Sazhen (Сажень)
Russia & Eastern Europe · Russian Length · historical · colonial
Historically reconstructed The unit is no longer in use and its value is reconstructed from historical and scholarly sources — treat it as indicative.
1 metre = 0.468691 Sazhen (Сажень)
Sazhen (Сажень) = metres × 0.46869141
Convert any amount
metres to Sazhen (Сажень) table
| metres | Sazhen (Сажень) |
|---|---|
| 0.25 metres | 0.117173 Sazhen (Сажень) |
| 0.5 metres | 0.234346 Sazhen (Сажень) |
| 1 metre | 0.468691 Sazhen (Сажень) |
| 2 metres | 0.937383 Sazhen (Сажень) |
| 3 metres | 1.40607 Sazhen (Сажень) |
| 4 metres | 1.87477 Sazhen (Сажень) |
| 5 metres | 2.34346 Sazhen (Сажень) |
| 10 metres | 4.68691 Sazhen (Сажень) |
| 20 metres | 9.37383 Sazhen (Сажень) |
| 25 metres | 11.7173 Sazhen (Сажень) |
| 50 metres | 23.4346 Sazhen (Сажень) |
| 100 metres | 46.8691 Sazhen (Сажень) |
About the Sazhen (Сажень)
Russian fathom. 1 Sazhen = 3 Arshin ≈ 2.13m.
- Symbol
- sazhen
- Value in SI
- 1 Sazhen (Сажень) = 2.1336 metre
- Typical use
- surveying
- Source
- UnitConvertLab measurement atlas
Every atlas conversion routes through the SI metre. See our methodology and data provenance pages for how these values are sourced and verified.
Related units and variant risk
Other russian length units in the Russia & Eastern Europe family, least settled first. If your figure came from a land record, invoice or historical document rather than a calculator, check these before assuming a single standard.
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Frequently asked
How many Sazhen (Сажень) are in a metre?
1 metre = 0.468691 Sazhen (Сажень). Multiply the number of metres by 0.46869141 to get Sazhen (Сажень).
What is Sazhen (Сажень) used for?
Russian fathom. 1 Sazhen = 3 Arshin ≈ 2.13m. It is classified as historical and dates from the colonial period.
Is the Sazhen (Сажень) value exact?
Yes for practical purposes. UnitConvertLab converts every atlas unit through the SI metre, so the arithmetic itself introduces no rounding beyond the digits shown.
How reliable is this Sazhen (Сажень) conversion?
Historically reconstructed — The unit is no longer in use and its value is reconstructed from historical and scholarly sources — treat it as indicative. Source: UnitConvertLab measurement atlas.
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UnitConvertLab. (2026). Convert metres to Sazhen (Сажень). UnitConvertLab. Retrieved from https://unitconvertlab.com/regional/meter-to-sazhen
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