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Added 9 October 2026

sovnarkhoz

noun

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Any of the regional economic councils of the Soviet Union, which were created in 1957.

Origin

From Russian совнархо́з (sovnarxóz), abbreviation of сове́т наро́дного хозя́йства (sovét naródnovo xozjájstva).

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