sovkhoz

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noun

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.)”

OriginRussian совхо́з →
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Meanings

nounsovkhoz (plural sovkhozes or sovkhozy)

plural sovkhozes · plural sovkhozy

  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.)

Origin

  1. Russianсовхо́з
  2. Englishsovkhoz

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

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Translations

Bulgarian совхо́з
  • совхо́з (sovhóz)soviet state farm
Chinese Mandarin 國營農場 /国营农场
  • 國營農場 /国营农场 (guóyíng nóngchǎng)soviet state farm
Czech sovchoz
  • sovchozsoviet state farm
Esperanto sovĥozo
  • sovĥozosoviet state farm
Estonian sovhoos
  • sovhoossoviet state farm
Finnish sovhoosi
  • sovhoosisoviet state farm
French sovkhoze
  • sovkhozesoviet state farm
German Sowchos
  • Sowchossoviet state farm
Greek σοβχόζ
  • σοβχόζ (sovchóz)soviet state farm
Hebrew סובחוז
  • סובחוז (sovkhóz)soviet state farm
Hungarian szovhoz
  • szovhozsoviet state farm
Italian sovchoz
  • sovchozsoviet state farm
Japanese ソフホーズ
  • ソフホーズ (sofuhōzu)soviet state farm
Korean 솝호스, 쏩호즈
  • 솝호스 (sophoseu)soviet state farm
  • 쏩호즈 (ssophojeu)soviet state farm
Latvian padomju saimniecība, sovhozs
  • padomju saimniecībasoviet state farm
  • sovhozssoviet state farm
Lithuanian tarybinis ūkis, sovchozas
  • tarybinis ūkissoviet state farm
  • sovchozassoviet state farm
Persian سوخوز
  • سوخوز (sovxôz)soviet state farm
Polish sowchoz
  • sowchozsoviet state farm
Portuguese sovcoz
  • sovcozsoviet state farm
Romanian sovhoz
  • sovhozsoviet state farm
Russian совхо́з
  • совхо́з (sovxóz)soviet state farm
Slovak sovchoz
  • sovchozsoviet state farm
Spanish sovjós
  • sovjóssoviet state farm
Turkish sovhoz
  • sovhozsoviet state farm
Ukrainian радго́сп
  • радго́сп (radhósp)soviet state farm
Vietnamese nông trường quốc doanh
  • nông trường quốc doanhsoviet state farm
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sovkhoz,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sovkhoz.

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