Word of the Day:
kolkhoz
What It Means
A farming collective in the former Soviet Union.
Kolkhoz in Context
“And books were demanded of them, books on Russia, on sailors, on aeroplanes, on scientists, on metro-workers, on kolkhoz labourers, on women and schoolchildren and parachute heroes.”
Did You Know?
From Russian колхо́з (kolxóz), contraction of коллекти́вное хозя́йство (kollektívnoje xozjájstvo, “collective farm, household”).
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