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Definition of Kopeks
1. kopek [n] - See also: kopek
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kopeks
Literary usage of Kopeks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Russian Overseas Commerce with Great Britain During the Reign of Catherine II by Herbert H. Kaplan (1995)
"... from a low of 6 rubles 50 kopeks (1783, 1786) to a high of 14 rubles (1793);
drillings, from a low of 4 rubles 50 kopeks (1783) to a high of 25 rubles ..."
2. The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy (1905)
"... has everywhere been met with delight. " If we could but earn three kopeks a
day, we should be doing better than sitting without work," we were told. ..."
3. An Account of the Forests of Russia and Their Products in Comparison with by P. N. Werekha (1896)
"The revenue of the forests, allotted to mines and works of the state, amounts to
1160000 roubles, making on an average 23| kopeks, or 94 centimes per ..."
4. Journal of the American Asiatic Association by American Asiatic Association (1915)
"Chickens are now 75 kopeks each against 40 kopeks last year, meat 17 kopeks a
pound against n kopeks, fish ii kopeks against 4 kopeks, sugar 17 kopeks a ..."
5. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register by Horace Greeley (1912)
"Ruble=100 kopeks=3.81 Austrian ... Portuguese reis=25 Russian kopeks=4.18 Turkish
piastres=ia.3 United States cents. Turkey.—Piastre=40 para=5 Austrian ..."
6. Works by Leo Tolstoy (1905)
"that their linen can be disposed of at as little as eight kopeks per ... which can
be kept for years, are bought up at ten kopeks per pair, the earnings of ..."