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A peasant is a farmer. Most peasants were poor, and most worked land owned by someone else, but not all.

Poor peasants who worked the land of lords are most commonly referred to as serfs. Serfs did not pay rent, and were required to provide labor for the lord. They also were not free to move away from the manor on which they worked, though they were not slaves. They had some important rights that provided for their security, and they could not legally be forced to leave the manor unless they broke a law or failed to do their duties. Serfs were also called villeins.

Certain serfs who had fewer rights were called cottagers or bordars, though the exact legal situation of bordars may not be entirely understood.

Some medieval societies allowed slavery, but not all.

Freemen worked land they rented, and they had contracts like leases.

Yeomen were peasants who owned their own land. They did not owe duties to a lord, but had to be prepared for military service as archers (at least in England).

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Wealthy peasants were called "kulaks." The name comes from the Russian word for "fist." The name originated prior to the Revolutions of 1917 and carried on into the Stalinist era. Stalin made a concerted effort to purge the Soviet Union of this class of landowners.

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The more well off peasant farmers were known as kulaks.

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In Russia the peasant who owned some land was called a "kulak."

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