kurkul
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kurkul
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From Ukrainian куркуль (kurkulʹ, “frightening and dangerous one”), куркулі pl (kurkuli).
noun kurkuls · kurkuli
- A rich or supposedly rich peasant, targeted during Soviet collectivization, especially in the context of Ukraine or Ukrainians; a kulak. “Kurkuls are our enemy,” he shouted, “and we must exterminate them as a social class. There should be no place for the sharks among the harmless fish,” he added. Then he described the kurkuls as an evil tool of capitalists who were preparing an attack on the Soviet Union.
Talk about this word "kurkul." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kurkul. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. kurkul. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kurkul "kurkul." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kurkul.Cite this
@misc{kurkul_2026,
title = {kurkul},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kurkul},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
