English Translation

240 - 9 - ownership of land was abolished. Subsequently, the entire country was nationalized, i.e. nationalized and the peasants were granted the right to profit. The farm, which from now on the peasants used, was no longer owned by them, but by the state. In the first half of 1918, the Soviet government in the villages of Ko- mités formed a semi-proletarian rural poverty, which subsequently gave a special support to the Soviet power in the struggle against the peasant upper class. These peasant upper classes, which were called large farmers, were given the name K u l a k e n (Russian: Kulak = Faust).This name was coined by Marxist-Communist side to the political concept and branded the peasants concerned as counterrevolutionary and capitalist exploiters. In fact, in their overwhelming majority, the kulaks were the most capable, diligent and experienced farmers in agricultural production in the village. They (about 17% of all farmers were the actual promoters of agricultural production. They provided above all the agricultural surplus for the feeding of the towns and also for export purposes. However, the farmers were not able to do anything about the right to benefit and the promotion of their interests so planned, because they were able to sell their products and purchase their needs independently.