What does "sovkhoz" mean?

A large, state-owned farm in the Soviet Union.

Sovkhoz

noun

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Noun

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A large, state-owned farm in the Soviet Union.
"The average size of a sovkhoz was 15,300 hectares (153 km²), nearly three times the average kolkhoz (5,900 hectares or 59 km² in 1990.)"

"The average size of a sovkhoz was 15,300 hectares (153 km²), nearly three times the average kolkhoz (5,900 hectares or 59 km² in 1990.)"

From Russian совхо́з (sovxóz), abbreviation of сове́тское хозя́йство (sovétskoje xozjájstvo, “soviet farm”).