Sovkhoz definition
A state-owned farm that paid wages to workers in the former Soviet Union.
noun
A state-owned farm in the Soviet Union.
noun
Origin of sovkhoz
- Russian short for sovetskoe khozyaĭstvo soviet farm
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Russian совхоз (sovkhoz), abbreviation of советское хозяйство (sovetskoye khozyaystvo, "soviet farm").
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