: a village community in czarist Russia in which land was owned jointly but cultivated by individual families
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Marx learned about mirs, agricultural communes in Russia, and believed that they could be developed into socialism, without passing through capitalism.
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E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
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E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Mir.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mir. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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