One of the 17,000 workers at the Kombinat Robotron in the German Democratic Republic in 1987 working to produce typewriters

Combine (Russian: Комбинат, romanized: Kombinat) is a term for industrial business groups, conglomerates or trusts in the former socialist countries. Examples include VEB Kombinat Robotron, an electronics manufacturer, and IFA, a manufacturer of vehicles, both in East Germany, and the Erdenet copper combine in Mongolia.

See also

• Production association

References

External links

• Комбiнат at a dictionary of the Ukrainian language (in Ukrainian)
• 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 It might be outdated or ideologically biased.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 It might be outdated or ideologically biased.