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Kulak is on Wikipedia ""During the Russian Revolution, the label of kulak was used to chastise peasants who withheld grain from the Bolsheviks. According to Mar
by edoceo 6y ago
Kulak is on Wikipedia
""During the Russian Revolution, the label of kulak was used to chastise peasants who withheld grain from the Bolsheviks. According to Marxist–Leninist political theories of the early 20th century, the kulaks were class enemies of the poorer peasants""
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- namelessoracle 6y agoI think the oxford definition conveys it better "a peasant in Russia wealthy enough to own a farm and hire labor. Emerging after the emancipation of serfs in the 19th century the kulaks resisted Stalin's forced collectivization, but millions were arrested, exiled, or killed." IOW. The middle class. Small business owners. People who have acquired a tiny amount of capital.
- fuzzfactor 6y agoThey were one step above serfdom and that was too close for comfort of the ruling class, even though they were not Tsarist any more. So they were snuffed no differently than a Tsar would have done.