Otkhod

Quick meaning: Otkhod is a noun meaning (historical) The exodus of Russian men from rural to industrial areas to find work outside the agricultural season.

Meaning

(historical) The exodus of Russian men from rural to industrial areas to find work outside the agricultural season.

Example Sentences

Thanks to the widespread otkhod from peasant villages, especially in construction, and Soviet managers' propensity to "storm," industrial life was not an entirely alien world to the Soviet Union's peasants.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include outmigration, ruralization, seachange, expatriation, nomadization, jarovization.

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