kolkhoz

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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

New rules let kolkhoz members own up to six hundred reindeer, rather than demanding all animals become collective property.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 15, 2019

Where herders were convinced to merge their reindeer, kolkhoz herds were so small and supplies so short that the collectives never got off the ground.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 15, 2019

The kolkhoz manager is always a cross between Paul Bunyan and Luther Burbank, and his sterling example inspires glorious acts of self-sacrifice from the lowliest peasant.

From Time Magazine Archive

“You have to collect your ration coupon at the kolkhoz office.”

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys