sovkhoz

noun

1. A large, state-owned farm in the Soviet Union.

   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.)

Where it comes from

From Russian совхо́з (sovxóz), abbreviation of сове́тское хозя́йство (sovétskoje xozjájstvo, “soviet farm”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry sovkhoz (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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