Milliliters to Shtofs (mL to shtof)

1 milliliter equals 0.0008130471299 shtofs (rounded).

1 milliliter = 0.0008130471299 shtofs

How to convert milliliters to shtofs

To convert milliliters to shtofs, multiply the number of milliliters by 0.0008130471299. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply shtofs by 1,229.941.

shtofs = milliliters × 0.0008130471299

Example: 10 milliliters = 0.008130471299 shtofs.

Pints, quarts, gallons and fluid ounces differ between the US and the UK. Units are labeled 'US' or 'imperial' to avoid confusion.

Approximate value. Standards for the shtof varied by place and period, so this converter uses the most commonly cited value. Treat results as estimates, not exact figures.

About these units

Milliliter (mL)

Metric (SI)Current unit

One thousandth of a liter, or exactly 1 cubic centimeter. Used for medicine, cooking and small containers.

Milliliters inherit everything from the liter, since the prefix simply means one thousandth. Because the liter is a cubic decimeter, a milliliter works out to exactly one cubic centimeter, a coincidence the metric system built in on purpose so that volume, length and mass interlock. One milliliter of water has a mass of about one gram, so a dosing syringe, a kitchen scale and a measuring jug can all be checked against one another.

Today milliliters dominate wherever small amounts must be measured precisely: medicine, flavorings, perfume, shampoo and the fine print on drink labels. Spelling is a mild regional split, with uppercase mL preferred in the United States, Canada and Australia and lowercase ml common in the UK and Europe. For scale, a US teaspoon is just under 5 mL, a US tablespoon is about 14.8 mL, and the US nutrition-label cup is exactly 240 mL, so one such cup is 240 of these tiny units.

1 milliliter = 0.001 liters (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Litre; NIST SP 811, Appendix B.8: conversion factors for volume; 21 CFR 101.9: nutrition labeling household measures

Shtof (shtof)

Russian (Imperial)Historical unit (no longer in standard use)Approximate value

One tenth of a vedro, about 1.23 L. A traditional Russian bottle size for spirits.

Shtof comes from the German word Stof, which Russian used for a large goblet or flagon. The name was then given both to a squat, four-sided green glass bottle with a short neck and to the liquid measure that bottle held. Taverns known as shtof shops sold vodka and wine in sealed bottles of this size until the metric system arrived.

The size depended on the period. The standard shtof of the 19th century was one tenth of a vedro, or about 1.23 L, equal to ten charkas. An older shtof from before the 19th century held about 1.54 L, and the eight-sided shtof was one eighth of a vedro, about 1.537 L. The figure used here is the standard one tenth of a vedro, which equals 75 cubic inches.

English-language sources say little about the shtof. The English Wikipedia table of Russian measures lists the word as flagon but gives no volume, so the figures above rest mainly on the Russian Wikipedia article. In modern terms a standard shtof is a little more than a litre and a quarter, close to a large wine bottle.

1 shtof = 1.229941 liters (approximately).

Sources: Russian Wikipedia: Штоф (единица объёма); Wikipedia: Obsolete Russian units of measurement

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