What Were the Poor Peasants of Russia Called?

Question by Taylor: What were the poor peasant farmers of Russia called?
only answer if you actually know. If possible, add a source so I can make sure. don’t say something silly like “poor peasant farmers of Russia” THANK YOU!

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Answer by Amber
Serfs

Answer by Bob
Poorest of the Soviet 3 Peasant Classes {1) Bednyaks, 2) Serednyaki, 3. Kulak)}.
Individuals who were forced to sell their labour to others to survive and were thus regarded as natural allies of the new Soviet regime

Answer by Lucky C
Well, the Soviets called the poorest class of peasants -bednyaks, but that’s pretty much an inside baseball deal these days.

So, I think you mean the Kulaks that Stalin obliterated in the 1920s. The whole serf-peasant thing is confusing because not all peasants were serfs. Serfdom was not too far, and sometimes indistinguishable, from slavery, but it was abolished in 1861.

The peasants were simply any small farmer, whether serf or free, though many peasants even after the end of serfdom never owned any land. However, after the end of serfdom some peasants turned out to be good farmers and businessmen and they became successful. They tended to support the czar, or at least not support the most radical communist ideas, and the USSR quickly made them state enemies.

Answer by Neil T
I believe they were serfs. Try this link:
wikipedia.org/Russian_peasant

Answer by Rico
крепостных that’s what serfs translate to in Russian Cyrillic. In Latin text its krepostnyh

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