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Kolkhoz

//kəlˈkɒz// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A farming collective in the former Soviet Union. historical

    "And books were demanded of them, books on Russia, on sailors, on aeroplanes, on scientists, on metro-workers, on kolkhoz labourers, on women and schoolchildren and parachute heroes."

  2. 2
    a collective farm owned by the communist state wordnet

Etymology

From Russian колхо́з (kolxóz), contraction of коллекти́вное хозя́йство (kollektívnoje xozjájstvo, “collective farm, household”).

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