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Word: kolkhoznik (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weeks ago a bearded peasant Kolkhoznik in a village near Moscow said to me: 'When are the Germans coming to Russia to restore order?' The conversation was in a little village State-owned store where the peasant had bought several eggs at a ruble apiece. These eggs had been laid by his own chickens, but he was forced to sell them to the State for 20 kopecks apiece and buy them back for a ruble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: REPORT FROM THE U.S.S.R. | 7/7/1941 | See Source »

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