Stakhanov
Americannoun
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That carried echoes of Alexey Stakhanov, a miner who in 1935 extracted almost 15 times more coal during a shift than his quota required.
From Reuters
Communist propaganda held Stakhanov up as a symbol of Soviet industrial prowess.
From Reuters
That carried echoes of Alexey Stakhanov, a miner who in 1935 extracted almost 15 times more coal during a shift than his quota required.
From Reuters
Communist propaganda held Stakhanov up as a symbol of Soviet industrial prowess.
From Reuters
A hero worker, I guessed — some disciple of the stupendously industrious Aleksei G. Stakhanov, a Ukrainian coal miner who lent his fabled name to a national drive for quota-battering productivity.
From New York Times
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