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    • cacophony5never [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      It was pretty much ALWAYS a farce. During the highest periods "De-kulakization" the average assets seized in their liquidation was only a couple hundred ruble... "Rich Peasants" they were certainly not.

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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        I was under the impression that the reason for Kulaks being treated poorly was that they destroyed ~14 million tons of grain and slaughtered thousands of head of livestock instead of turning it over. If they only got a few hundred rubles, that means they did in fact destroy their food stores.

        A good article from the Soviet Encyclopedia.

        I guess the closest modern allegory would be slumlords (the wealthiest) and air-bnb renters (the average). Neither of those groups are incredibly wealthy and the later usually sells their labor as well as renting.

      • ImperativeMandates [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        Do you have a source for your claim and contextualization how much a few hundred roubles were back then? Furthermore how much acres were those equivalent to?