Definition of Sovkhoz

1. Noun. state farm in Soviet Russia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sovkhoz

1. a state-owned farm in the Soviet Union [n -KHOZES or -KHOZY]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sovkhoz

sovereigntist
sovereigntists
sovereignty
soviet
sovietic
sovietise
sovietism
sovietisms
sovietization
sovietizations
sovietize
sovietized
sovietizes
sovietizing
soviets
sovkhoz (current term)
sovkhozes
sovkhozy
sovran
sovranly
sovrans
sovranties
sovranty
sovs
sow
sow'n
sow bug
sow in
sow one's oats

Literary usage of Sovkhoz

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Essence of Hayek by Friedrich August Hayek, Chiaki Nishiyama (1984)
"Economically, the sovkhoz (a) is a state sector enterprise—structurally similar to other state firms, financed from the state budget, subject to detailed ..."

2. Estonia and the Estonians by Toivo U. Raun (2001)
"Thus, in the Soviet view the kolkhoz is a transition stage between individual farming and the sovkhoz. During the Stalinist era in Estonia the major ..."

3. Landmine Monitor Report, 2002: Toward a Mine-free World by Human Rights Watch (2002)
"Luiza from Vedeno village on February 2001: In 2000, 10 square kilometers of agricultural lands sovkhoz "Rodina" were mined; on 15 May 2000 4 square ..."

4. Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe by Richard Felix Staar (1982)
"The highest form is the state farm, which is patterned after the sovkhoz in the USSR. In this type of enterprise agricultural workers do not share in the ..."

5. Soviet Defectors: The KGB Wanted List by Vladislav Krasnov (1986)
"This includes probably half or more of the Communists.6 A tank lieutenant, who grew up in a sovkhoz in ..."

6. Breaking with Communism: The Intellectual Odyssey of Bertram D. Wolfe by Bertram David Wolfe, Robert Hessen (1990)
"Such is the record of a quarter of a century of forced collectivization and kolkhoz-sovkhoz [state-owned farm] slavery. ..."

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