artel

American  

[ahr-tel] / ɑrˈtɛl /

noun

1. (in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.

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artel British  

/ ɑːˈtɛl /

noun

1. (in the former Soviet Union) a cooperative union or organization, esp of producers, such as peasants

2. (in prerevolutionary Russia) a quasi-cooperative association of people engaged in the same activity

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Etymology

Origin of artel

1880–85; < Russian artél ', perhaps ultimately < a derivative of Turkic ort- middle (compare Turkish ortak partner, ortaklιk association), though identity of suffixed element(s) unclear

Example Sentences

Each artel would become a kolkhoz, or collective farm, where workers owned their means of production, and eventually a sovkhoz, the state farm, with centralized ownership and quotas.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 15, 2019

Even lower was the number of herders interested in joining an artel or a kolkhoz.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 15, 2019

Much more common is the artel, a modified collective farm existing in several types which have in common the principle that certain property is not shared.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today in Russia the commune is vanishing as peasants continue to demand and get more and more capitalistic types of artel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Institutions of a somewhat similar character, called "artel," exist in Russia to-day, cf.

From The Prince by Machiavelli, Niccolò