[ˈkuːlak], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a peasant in Russia wealthy enough to own a farm and hire labour. Emerging after the emancipation of serfs in the 19th century the kulaks resisted Stalin's forced collectivization, but millions were arrested, exiled, or killed


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Origin:
Russian, literally ‘fist, tight-fisted person’, from Turkic ḳol ‘hand’