sovkhoz

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Etymology

From Russian совхоз (sovkhoz), abbreviation of советское хозяйство (sovetskoye khozyaystvo, "soviet farm").

Noun

sovkhoz (plural sovkhozes)

1. state farm in Soviet Russia

   The average size of a sovkhoz was 15,300 hectares (153 km²), nearly three times the average kolkhoz (5,900 hectares or 59 km² in 1990.

Translations

soviet state farm

• French: sovkhoze (fr) m
• Greek: σοβχόζ (el) (sovchóz) n

• Japanese: ソフホーズ (ja) (sofuhōzu)
• Russian: совхоз (ru) (sovxoz)