He orders one of twenty puds (800 pounds), throws it up, catches it on his knee, and it breaks.
Finally he orders one of thirty puds (1200 pounds), throws it up, and catches it on his forehead; it bends but does not break.
To prove his strength, he goes to the blacksmith and orders an iron club that weighs twelve puds (480 pounds); he throws it into the air and catches it on the palm of his hand, the club breaks.
Chirikoff arrived from Yakutsk with 2300 puds of flour, according to my instructions.
The load or pack taken is only about five puds to one horse, less than by the telega [ordinary cart], the deep mire and high mountains to be traversed not permitting more, though my supplies amounted to 1600 puds.
In coming over to Bolsheretsk we brought 300 puds of whale blubber obtained from a whale cast up by the sea, which served us as money, together with the Circassian tobacco which is here commonly so used.
The Chinese Khan had armed his champion like a fortress; he clothed him in armour twelve puds (480 lbs.
No, friend, we want swords which weigh ten puds [42] each.
It is as though a man asked me to buy him two puds of flour for a month, and I bought him for that rouble a box of perfumed confectionery and reproached him for his ignorance, because he was dissatisfied.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "puds" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
