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dekulakization

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The communist repression of the kulaks (prosperous peasants and farmers) in the Soviet Union and communistic Eastern Europe.

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Usage: countable, historical, uncountable

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History

Etymology

From de- + kulak + -ization.

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Translations

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  • Armenian: կուլակաթափություն (kulakatʻapʻutʻyun) — repression of the kulaks
  • Belarusian: раскула́чванне (raskuláčvannje) — repression of the kulaks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 反富農 /反富农 (fǎnfùnóng) — repression of the kulaks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 去富農化 /去富农化 (qùfùnónghuà) — repression of the kulaks
  • Czech: dekulakizace — repression of the kulaks
  • Czech: rozkulačování — repression of the kulaks
  • Czech: rozkulačení — repression of the kulaks
  • Finnish: kulakkien likvidointi — repression of the kulaks
  • French: dékoulakisation — repression of the kulaks
  • German: Entkulakisierung — repression of the kulaks
  • Indonesian: dekulakisasi — repression of the kulaks
  • Latvian: atbudžošana — repression of the kulaks
  • Latvian: atkulakošana — repression of the kulaks
  • Portuguese: deskulakização — repression of the kulaks
  • Russian: раскула́чивание (raskuláčivanije) — repression of the kulaks
  • Spanish: deskulakización — repression of the kulaks
  • Ukrainian: розкуркуле́ння (rozkurkulénnja) — repression of the kulaks