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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]


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The name honoured Oleksiy Stakhanov, a legendary miner who was renowned for his hard work.
This unfolds, with grim historical irony, in the coalfields where Stakhanov performed his legendary exploits.
In cases such as the counter-plan campaign of the early 1930s or the Stakhanov campaign a few years later (Kuromiya, 1988; Davies and Khlevniuk, 2002), the authorities organised countervailing pressure.
 
 
 
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