collective farm

American  

noun

1. (especially in the Soviet Union) a farm, or a number of farms organized as a unit, worked by a community under the supervision of the state.

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collective farm British  

noun

1. Russian name: kolkhoz.  (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community

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collective farm Cultural  

1. In socialist or communist countries, such as the former Soviet Union, a collective is a cooperative association of farmers who work land owned by the state but who own most of their own farm implements.

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Etymology

Origin of collective farm

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

It complained of "direct and brutal interference" in domestic affairs, in a country that has been ruled with an iron first for nearly three decades by ex-Soviet collective farm boss Lukashenko.

From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2023

For decades, it was the home of Amos Oz, a novelist considered an icon of the Israeli left, and a collective farm whose members shared agricultural duties.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022

"My father had to give everything to the collective farm - our cow, horse, even our bucket. My mother was very angry," says Mr Mohalat.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2022

Many had fallen into a slowly degrading limbo: The kolkhoz, or collective farm, that once stood in the heart of Senkivka was abandoned, graffiti on its walls warning that the building was liable to collapse.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2022

We were on a kolkhoz, a collective farm, and I was to become a beet farmer.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

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