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

The kibbutz was centered on a sprawling collective farm and printing press, and all residents were expected to pitch in.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2024

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

Members of a collective farm near Moscow, New Life, left their children in a nursery before going to work in 1931.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2022

Trained as a history teacher, he joined the army before becoming director of a collective farm.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 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

Related Words

• kibbutz