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Word: kolkhozniki (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1963-1963
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...ones on the kolkhoz. Then there were cucumbers, potatoes . . . every inch was used." Naturally Petunya refuses to help bring in the harvest. " 'If I had a cow I might, but otherwise, why bother?' The chairman understands . . . Every year thousands of acres of hay are lost because kolkhozniki get only 10% of the hay they harvest. In order to feed his own cow he would have to harvest enough for eight or nine-and that's impossible. Each year it gets harder and harder to find workers for the kolkhoz silo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Ah, Poor Anany | 4/12/1963 | See Source »

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