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Note—Just as every, political party has its Right, Center and Left, so every, faction, every group is so divided.
III.
Some Definitions.
Landlord (Pomiestchik). A member of a class of the old nobility which owned most of the land, holding the poor peasants almost in slavery. In the last two decades of greater political liberty there have sprung up two new types of landlord:
«Fist» (Kulak). The name for a parvenu rich villager who buys up the land of the poor peasants, and keeps them in bondage by various financial schemes.
Capitalist Landlord. This is the rich city, manufacturer investing his surplus capital in land, and becoming as ruthless a Fist as his prototype.
Of course these three sub-classes compose the Landlord Class, which in its policy goes hand in hand with the Cadets, forming the.—
(Grand) Bourgeoisie. All the classes opposed to an economic revolution.
Petty Bourgeoisie. The small property-holders, bosses, shop-keepers, etc. They occupy the middle class stage and their policy is divided: the poorer ones embracing Bolshevism, the richer remaining with the bourgeoisie.
