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Kulaks (Russian: кула́к, kulak, "fist" , by extension "tight-fisted") were a category of relatively affluent peasants in the later Russian Empire, Soviet Russia, and early Soviet Union. The word k...
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The word 'kulak' was an almost meaningless term for peasants who were chosen arbitrarily for deportation to Russia's labor settlements. “Kulak” is a derogatory term initially used by the Soviets to identify so-called “capitalist peasants.” ...
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Kulaks were former peasants in Russia who owned medium-sized farms as a result of the reforms introduced by Peter Stolypin in 1906. Stolypin's intention was to create a stable group of prosperous farmers who would form a natural conservative political force.
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Among those farmers, were a class of people called Kulaks by the Communists. They were formerly wealthy farmers that had owned 24 or more acres, or had employed farm workers. Stalin believed any future insurrection would be led by the Kulaks, thus he proclaimed a policy aimed at "liquidating the Kulaks as a class."
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It describes the kulaks as individual `dynamic and entrepeneurial' peasants. This is nothing but an ideological fable destined to tarnish socialism and glorify exploitation. To understand the class struggle that took place in the USSR, it is necessary to try to have a more realistic image of the Russian kulak.
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However the kulaks (prosperous farmers) were dissatisfied, in part because there were no manufactured goods available for them to buy with the profits of their farms. Sometimes they refused to sell their crops as a form of political protest.
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Kulaks. Kulaks. Information about Kulaks in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... The kulaks resisted the Soviet government's policy of collectivization, and in 1930 they were ‘liquidated as a class’, with up to 5 million being either killed or deported to Siberia.
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