Dekulakization? How the Soviets saw it

How did the soviets explain their perspective and policies on the Kulak class? there's much discussion on this topic but rarely using the thoughts they so clearly put out there and even published in English!
luckily I hoard Soviet ephemera!

#soviethistory #sovietunion #ussr

Sources:

"Concerning Questions of Agrarian Policy in the U.S.S.R."
Speech Delivered at a Conference of Marxist Students of Agrarian Questions
December 27, 1929:
https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...

Definition of Kulak from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia:
https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictiona...


Decree of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks "On measures to eliminate kulak farms in areas of continuous collectivization." January 30, 1930:
https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...
and
https://istmat.org/node/30863

Dictatorship and Democracy in the Soviet Union by Anna Louise Strong 1934:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...

"What about Russia? An Honest Reply to Honest Questions" by Anna Louise Strong 1936

"The Soviets Expected It" by Anna Louise Strong 1942

I won't apologize for using an Anna Louise Strong as she is not cited enough, not talked about enough, and truly a wonderful window to view the Soviet Union through, a window i wish more people looked through.

I only say this because inevitably I will get some comments of people upset for using her or making wild claims despite not reading all of her work like I have.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:03 What is a Kulak?
02:38 What does the decree say?
05:21 "Top secret decree"
06:00 How did the soviets explain it?
06:29 Dictatorship and Democracy
09:29 An honest reply to honest questions
13:10 The Soviets Expected It
14:02 Outro + Links

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