Obzha
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Obzha
a unit of land taxation in the Novgorod lands between the 15th and 17th centuries, levied on plowmen who owned one horse. The size of the obzha varied from one region to another, changed between the late 15th and 17th centuries, and depended on the quality of the land and other natural conditions. The average obzha was equal to 15 desiatinas (16.35 hectares).
REFERENCE
Abramovich, G. V. “Neskol’ko izyskanii iz oblasti russkoi metrologii XV-XVI vv. (Korob’ia, Kopna, Obzha).” In the collection Problemy istochnikovedeniia, vol. 11. Moscow, 1963.The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.