Kulak

[Gasan Gusejnov]

In the Russian-Latin Dictionary by И. Ивашковский (СПб 1849) there is a
helpful translation: ... 3) Propola, qui aliquid coemit; qui frumentum
comprimit; qui merces coemtas supprimit [qui Paulum Frigidum fortasse
occiderit... - g.g.]
gg

2009/2/7 William Ryan <wfr at sas.ac.uk>

> In Dal' with a variety of associated meanings: miser, petty trader,
> second-hand dealer.  The form kulashchik is recorded as early as 1660 in the
> sense of perekupshchik (Slov. Rusk. Iaz XI-XVII vv., s.v.).
> Will
>
>
>
> Robert Chandler wrote:
>
>> Can anyone tell me when this word first became widely used in its sense of
>> �rich, exploitative peasant�?
>>
>> The Oxford English Dictionary gives a quotation from as early as 1879
>> where
>> it is being used in ENGLISH with this sense (though the writer feels the
>> need to explain the word):
>>
>> 1877 D. M. WALLACE Russia (ed. 2) I. vii. 159 Not a few industrial
>> villages
>> have thus fallen under the power of the Kulaki literally Fists as these
>> monopolists are called.
>>
>> Spasibo!
>>
>> R.
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Гасан Гусейнов / Gasan Gusejnov

01.09. - 31.01. Москва / Moskau
01.02. - 31.08. Leipzig / Лейпциг

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