Kulak
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A kulak was a peasant who owned over 3 ha 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 o
The requisition of grain from "wealthy peasants" (kulaks) during state collectivization in Timashyovsky District, Kuban, Soviet Union, 1933
Illustration of the three broad categories of peasants by Soviet magazine Prozhektor published by Nikolai Bukharin, an issue of 31 May 1926. Caption under illustration says: "We received interesting photos from Novokhopersky county, Voronezh Governorate which shows the situation in a modern village."
Propaganda image of 1919, with legend "Bread-Spider." At bottom reads, "Bloodsucking Kulak: What do I care about the hungry?"
Propaganda image with Lenin quote: "Kulaks are the most brutal, the most tough, the most wild exploiters, that more than one time in history of other countries have restored the power of landowners, kings, priests and capitalists."
Dekulakization
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Dekulakization was a campaign of repression in the Soviet Union directed against so-called kulaks, a loosely defined category of supposedly wealthy or exploitative peasants. The campaign involved mass
Kulak
…neighbors" were labeled kulaks. In 1929, Soviet officials officially classified kulaks according to criteria such as the use of hired labour. Under dekulakization, government officials seized farms and executed many kulaks, forcibly transferred others to labor camps, and drove many others to migrate to the cities…
A parade under the banners "We will liquidate the kulaks as a class" and "All to the struggle against the wreckers of agriculture"
Children of kulaks in Northern krai, 1930
Kulak women in a forest cutting 1930
1930s Soviet propaganda poster stating: "Oust kulaks from kolkhozes!"