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otkhod

otkhod noun: the exodus of Russian men from rural to industrial areas to find work outside the agricultural season.

Noun

otkhod (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The exodus of Russian men from rural to industrial areas to find work outside the agricultural season.
    • Thanks to the widespread otkhod from peasant villages, especially in construction, and Soviet managers' propensity to "storm," industrial life was not an entirely alien world to the Soviet Union's peasants.2011, Matthew J. Payne, Stalin's Railroad: Turksib and the Building of Socialism, page 246

Origin of otkhod

Borrowed from Russian отход (otxod, “withdrawal, departure, break”).

Questions about otkhod

What does otkhod mean?
Otkhod means the exodus of Russian men from rural to industrial areas to find work outside the agricultural season.
What part of speech is otkhod?
Otkhod is a noun.

Words near otkhod in the dictionary

  1. OTK
  2. otkaznik
  3. otkazniki
  4. otkazniks
  5. OTKed
  6. otkhod
  7. OTKing
  8. otkon
  9. otkons
  10. OTKs
  11. OTL

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