IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY ERADICATION OF THE KULAKS AS A CLASS IN KYRGYZSTAN IN 1920-1930S.

Abstract

With the establishment of the Soviet power, a notion of “class struggle” had emerged and the idea of the elimination of former upper class and the old order was disseminated. It is claimed that the new Soviet rule was rule of the working class people. The October Revolution introduced a new ruling class into the Soviet society-the proletariat-the potential challenger of whom was the old ruling class. Traditional society was considered as “feudal and patriarchal” in Turkestan. The policy eradication of the kulaks as a class was conducted during 1920-1930s in all USSR.The word kulak, used as a political term between 1920-1930, meant a prosperous peasant who exploites people. The political campaign eradication of the kulaks as a class included such practices as confiscation of private property and deportations of the well-off peasants to remote regions. This process was main part of collectivization. Bai-manap families who labeled as a kulaks from Soviet Kyrgyzstan were deported to Russia and Ukraine between 1927-1932. The current article focuses on the processes of the policy on eradication of the kulaks as a class and its results in Kyrgyzstan. This paper is based on the local archival documents, scientific sources and oral materials.