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Stakhanov

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Stakhanov,
Aleksey (1905— ) Russian worker who “over-achieved”; increased daily output enormously. [Russ. Hist.: NCE, 2606]
See : Industriousness


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One sort of living positive hero was the Stakhanovite, named for the miner Alexei Stakhanov, who presaged the New Soviet Man on August 31, 1935, when he cut some 102 tons of coal, exceeding the quota by 1,400 percent.
Socialist realism: from Stalin to Sots by Hoberman, J. / Artforum International
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