As part of the First Five-Year Plan, three to five percent of the "wealthiest" farmers on grain-producing lands, called _________, were "liquidated," meaning that they were either executed, sent to labor camps, or resettled on inferior soil.

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The term "kulaks" was used during the First Five-Year Plan in the Soviet Union to describe the wealthier class of peasants who owned larger farms. As part of the plan, these individuals were targeted for "liquidation" as a class, which involved execution, forced labor, or resettlement.

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