Shtofs to US Gallons (shtof to gal)
1 shtof equals 0.3249160382 US gallons (rounded).
How to convert shtofs to US gallons
To convert shtofs to US gallons, multiply the number of shtofs by 0.3249160382. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply US gallons by 3.077718186 (rounded).
US gallons = shtofs × 0.3249160382
Example: 10 shtofs = 3.249160382 US gallons.
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
Shtof (shtof)
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
US Gallon (gal)
Exactly 231 cubic inches or 3.785411784 liters (128 US fluid ounces). About 17% smaller than the imperial gallon.
The US gallon is a survivor of English wine trade. Around 1706, a statute in Queen Anne's reign fixed the wine gallon at exactly 231 cubic inches, settling confusion among the competing gallons for wine, ale and corn. British colonies in North America used that wine gallon, and in 1824 Britain replaced all its gallons with a new imperial one while the United States kept the old measure. It was adopted as the legal US standard in 1836 and is still defined as exactly 231 cubic inches, or 3.785411784 liters.
That makes the US gallon about 17 percent smaller than the imperial gallon, a difference that explains why American and British fuel-economy figures cannot be compared directly. Everyday uses are milk jugs, paint cans and gasoline pumps. One gallon divides evenly into four quarts, eight pints, sixteen cups and 128 fluid ounces. A gallon of water weighs a little over 8 pounds, an easy figure to remember when loading a car with water jugs.
1 US gallon = 3.785411784 liters (exactly).
Sources: Wikipedia: Gallon; NIST SP 811, Appendix B.8: conversion factors for volume
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