Economic repression in the Soviet Union
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Economic repression
in the Soviet Union
was carried out for ideological and political reasons.
s (rich peasants) were actively repressed by economical means, such as increased taxation and various restrictions on economic activities.
Economic repression
Economic repression refers to various actions to restrain certain economical activities or social groups involved in economic activities. It contrasts with economic liberalization...
in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
was carried out for ideological and political reasons.
Economic repression of social classes
Eventually the social classes which were considered "enemies of the people" were dealt with by means of political repression, however in early periods of the Soviet history, undesirable classes, such as kulakKulak
Kulaks were a category of relatively affluent peasants in the later Russian Empire, Soviet Russia, and early Soviet Union...
s (rich peasants) were actively repressed by economical means, such as increased taxation and various restrictions on economic activities.