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Answer for the clue "Seven feet in Russia ", 6 letters:
sagene

Word definitions for sagene in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of sazhen English)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sagene is a district of the city of Oslo , Norway . The area became part of the city of Oslo (then Christiania ) in 1859. The name Sagene itself is the plural of the Norwegian word for "saw", reflecting all the old industrial mechanical saws powered by ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sagene \Sa*gene"\, n. [Russ. sajene.] A Russian measure of length equal to about seven English feet.

Usage examples of sagene.

Every such block is the size of a cubic sagene and weighs hundreds of poods.

And then we write to the proper authorities-so many cubic sagenes of masonry washed away by the storms.