Stakhanov
Americannoun
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And instead of the traditional pick, Stakhanov was keen to use a mining drill, which was a novelty and required specialist training.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2015
On 30 August 1935, at 22:00, Alexei Stakhanov and three colleagues entered the mine, accompanied by the party boss and a local journalist.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2015
Before long, an article praising "the Stakhanov method" appeared in the central party newspaper, Pravda.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2015
The US was still in the grip of the Great Depression and Stakhanov was a poster boy for communism - the figurehead of a new workers' movement dedicated to increasing production.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2015
Stakhanov was a miner in Donbass, a coal-producing region in Soviet Ukraine.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2015
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