kolkhoz

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At 14, Olena began working at the nearby kolkhoz, a Soviet collective farm, raising beets and tobacco, a job that spanned more than 40 years — until the fall of the Soviet Union.

From New York Times

They talked about how, before the war, the Party bosses had showed up to incorporate everyone into a kolkhoz, and the people protested and protested but finally signed up, having nowhere else to turn.

From The New Yorker

“After the kolkhoz, there was only dirt here,” she lamented.

From New York Times

No kolkhoz here; decisions must be made quickly, without interference.

From The Guardian

After I walked through the kolkhoz’s dilapidated buildings and a church where the Soviets stored fertilizers and chemicals I asked Olena what her life was like.

From New York Times