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kol·khoz

 (kŏl-kôz′, kŭl-KHôs′)
n.
A Soviet collective farm.

[Russian, from kol(lektivnoe) khoz(yaĭstvo) : kollektivnoe, neuter of kollektivnyĭ, collective + khozyaĭstvo, economy, household farm.]
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kolkhoz

(kɒlˈhɔːz; Russian kalˈxɔs) or

kolkhos

;

kolkoz

(kɒlˈkɔːz)
n
(Agriculture) a Russian collective farm
[C20: from Russian, short for kollektivnoe khozyaistvo collective farm]
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Kolkhoz

 a collective farm in the USSR.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.kolkhoz - a collective farm owned by the communist state
collective farm - a farm operated collectively
Russia, Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR - a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
kolkhoznik - a member of a kolkhoz
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Translations
kolkhoz
kolchoz
kolkhoz
kolĥozo
kolhoos
kolhoosi
קולחוז
kolhoz
コルホーズ
kolūkis
kolchoz
kolkos
kołchoz
kolkhoz
colhoz
kolchos
kolhoz
колгосп
References in periodicals archive ?
(32) Tum bunlarin sosyalist rejimin Sovyetler Birligi'ndeki kolhoz tarim modelinden esinlenen kolektiflestirme stratejilerini uygulamaya koymasini kolaylastirmis oldugunun alti cizilmelidir.
This chapter is a suggestive illustration of how ideology has been transposed in the writings, programmes and propaganda declarations of the Communist leaders, whereby they have transposed the Stalinist model of "kolhoz", have implemented the concept of "the property without owners or the property of everybody", have masked the conflict between the owner and the Communist regime through false statements meant to reassure the peasants, and have justified the means by the necessity and usefulness of the aims pursued.
Why is it kolhoz and sovhoz appear (instead of kolkhoz and sovkhoz) throughout the book, when the same letter appears otherwise in Kazakhstan or Khabarovsk (which is also misspelled as "Khabarvovsk" on page 57 and "Kharabovsk" on page 101)?