otkhod

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noun

The exodus of Russian men from rural to industrial areas to find work outside the agricultural season.

OriginRussian отход →
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Meanings

nounotkhod (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableThe exodus of Russian men from rural to industrial areas to find work outside the agricultural season.

    Thanks to the widespread otkhod from peasant villages, especially in construction, and Soviet managers' propensity to "storm," industrial life was not an entirely alien world to the Soviet Union's peasants.

    2011, Matthew J. Payne, Stalin's Railroad: Turksib and the Building of Socialism, page 246

Origin

  1. Russianотход“withdrawal, departure, break”
  2. Englishotkhod

Borrowed from Russian отход (otxod, “withdrawal, departure, break”).

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otkhod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otkhod

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“otkhod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otkhod. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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