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A "kolkhoz" (pronounce: listen^ⓘ, Template:Lang-ru) was a form of collective farming in the Soviet Union that existed along with state farms (sovkhoz). The word is a contraction of коллекти́вное хозя́йство, or "collective household." The latter term is usually translated "collective farm."

In a kolkhoz, a member, called "kolkhoznik" (колхозник, fem. колхозница), was paid a share of the farm's product and profit according to the number of workdays (Russian: трудоде́нь; transliteration: trudoden), while a sovkhoz employed salaried workers.

Nowadays, when most of kolkhozs are ruined, the term kolkhoznik is used as an analogue for the American term redneck.

See collectivisation in the USSR and agriculture of the Soviet Union for general discussion of Soviet agriculture and its history and efficiency.

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 In a kolkhoz, a member, called "kolkhoznik" (''колхозник'', fem. ''колхозница''), was paid a share of the farm's product and profit according to the number of workdays (Russian: трудоде́нь; [[Transliteration of Russian into English|transliteration]]: trudoden), while a sovkhoz employed salaried workers.
-Nowadays, when most of kolkhozs are ruined, Russian "kolkhoznik" is used as an analogue for the American term ''redneck''.
+Nowadays, when most of kolkhozs are ruined, the term ''kolkhoznik'' is used as an analogue for the American term ''redneck''.
 See [[collectivisation in the USSR]] and [[agriculture of the Soviet Union]] for general discussion of Soviet agriculture and its history and efficiency.