kolkhoze

kolkhoz (Soviet collective farm)

noun kol-KOZ Rare

Origin: From Russian 'kolkhoz', abbreviation of 'kollektivnoye khozyaystvo' (collective farm).

Usage Note

Kolkhoze (also spelled kolkhoz) refers to the Soviet-era collective agricultural enterprises established under Stalin's forced collectivisation from 1929. The word appears in historical, political, and economic discussions of the USSR. Its counterpart was the sovkhoze (state farm, sovkhoz), which was state-owned rather than collectively managed.

Examples

"Les paysans travaillaient ensemble au kolkhoze."

Natural Translation

The peasants worked together at the kolkhoz.

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