Combine (russian: Комбинат) is a term for industrial

business group A corporate group or group of companies is a collection of parent and subsidiary corporations that function as a single economic entity through a common source of control. These types of groups are often managed by an account manager. The concept ...

s, conglomerates or

trusts A trust is a legal relationship in which the holder of a right gives it to another person or entity who must keep and use it solely for another's benefit. In the Anglo-American common law, the party who entrusts the right is known as the "settl ...

in the former

socialist countries A socialist state, socialist republic, or socialist country, sometimes referred to as a workers' state or workers' republic, is a sovereign state constitutionally dedicated to the establishment of socialism. The term ''communist state'' is oft ...

. Examples include VEB Kombinat Robotron, an electronics manufacturer, and

IFA IFA or Ifa may refer to: Organisations Economics * Independent financial adviser, a type of financial services professional in the UK * Index Fund Advisors * Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, representing actuaries in the UK * Institute of Ac ...

, a manufacturer of vehicles, both in

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

, and the Erdenet copper combine in

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

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Комбiнат at a dictionary of the Ukrainian language

Production Association (combine)
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Combine (industry)
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased. Conglomerate companies Manufacturing companies of Russia Manufacturing companies of the Soviet Union {{Company-stub

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