sovkhozEtymologyFrom Russian совхо́з (sovxóz), abbreviation of сове́тское хозя́йство (sovétskoje xozjájstvo, “soviet farm”).sovkhoz means A large, state-owned farm in the Soviet Union. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.nounA 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.)”