Get to know Kulaks better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Kulaks meaning
plural of kulak
Using Kulaks
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of kulak
- In the example corpus, kulaks often appears in combinations such as: the kulaks, kulaks and, peasants kulaks.
Context around Kulaks
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kulaks
- In this selection, "kulaks" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, peasants, peasants, left and living stand out and add context to how "kulaks" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the kulaks and resentment and actions against kulaks and others. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kulaks" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kulaks
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
So-called kulaks roamed with their private herds up into the 1950s. (12 words)
Stalin blamed this unanticipated failure on kulaks (rich peasants), who resisted collectivization. (12 words)
By a decree of February 1930, about one million individual peasants ( kulaks ) were forced off their land. (17 words)
As parliament was dissolved ahead of the election, Johnson claimed the opposition leader shared Stalin’s “hatred” of wealth creators, comparing it to the persecution of the Kulaks – a group of affluent peasants killed in the 1930s. (37 words)
Profiteering returned in the form of "NEP men" and rich peasants ( Kulaks ) gained power in the countryside. citation Nevertheless, the role of Trotsky in this episode has been questioned by other socialists, including ex-Trotskyists. (35 words)
This is an offensive that targets social classes (such as the kulaks ), ethnic or racial backgrounds which are seen as non-Russian and Stalin's personal opponents from the Communist Party and their sympathizers. (34 words)
Example sentences (14)
A faint aroma can be whiffed of the starved corpses of the Kulaks of the Ukraine, of the peasants of the Great Leap Forward, of those brought to Cambodia’s killing fields.
As parliament was dissolved ahead of the election, Johnson claimed the opposition leader shared Stalin’s “hatred” of wealth creators, comparing it to the persecution of the Kulaks – a group of affluent peasants killed in the 1930s.
In regions where there was much poverty among the peasants the actions against kulaks and others were more severe.
Soviet leader Josef Stalin murdered about 20 million of his fellow Russians and deliberately starved 4 million Ukrainians—because of their class (the “kulaks”: peasants who owned land or even just some cows).
These committees were empowered to distribute grain, products of prime necessity and agricultural machines and to cooperate with local food brigades in taking surplus grain away from kulaks and other richer peasants.
This meant that by the time the Soviets arrived, there really weren't too many kulaks left in Estonia to disown.
What he had to say about the Kulaks and resentment put so much into perspective about human nature.
By a decree of February 1930, about one million individual peasants ( kulaks ) were forced off their land.
During the collectivization, however, residents of such settlements were usually declared to be kulaks and had all their property confiscated and distributed to others ( nationalized ) without any compensation.
In reply, Khrushchev asked that 2,000 wealthy peasants, or kulaks living in Moscow be killed in part fulfillment of the quota.
Profiteering returned in the form of "NEP men" and rich peasants ( Kulaks ) gained power in the countryside. citation Nevertheless, the role of Trotsky in this episode has been questioned by other socialists, including ex-Trotskyists.
So-called kulaks roamed with their private herds up into the 1950s.
Stalin blamed this unanticipated failure on kulaks (rich peasants), who resisted collectivization.
This is an offensive that targets social classes (such as the kulaks ), ethnic or racial backgrounds which are seen as non-Russian and Stalin's personal opponents from the Communist Party and their sympathizers.
Common combinations with kulaks
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: