kulak (plural kulaks or kulaki)
(historical) A prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers.
During Soviet state collectivization of farming in the 1920s and 1930s the label kulak, implying “tight-fisted”, was applied pejoratively to land-owning peasants in general.
• kurkul
• employer
• petit bourgeois
• Kukla, Kulka
Kulak (plural Kulaks)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kulak is the 25187th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 984 individuals. Kulak is most common among White (96.54%) individuals.
• Kukla, Kulka
Source: Wiktionary
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
