Associations with certain realities of the Soviet era

large farmstead of a farmer

large farmer

tells me nothing

gross farmer

i only became familiar with the term after the reunification.

desolation, siberia

large landowner who rules with power

when i write "gulag," then: internment camp, concentration camp

doesn't evoke any association - i don't know / gulag is something different

labor camp, forced labor, deportation, death (many did not survive)