A kulak ( KOO-lak; Russian: кула́к) was a peasant who owned over 3 ha (8 acres) of land in the times near the end of the Russian Empire. In the early Soviet Union, particularly in Soviet Russia and Azerbaijan, kulak referred to property ownership among peasants who were considered hesitant allies of the Bolshevik Revolution.
A kulak ( KOO-lak; Russian: кула́к) was a peasant who owned over 3 ha (8 acres) of land in the times near the end of the Russian Empire. In the early Soviet Union, particularly in Soviet Russia and Azerbaijan, kulak referred to property ownership among peasants who were considered hesitant allies of the Bolshevik Revolution.
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