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Stakhanov

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[stuh-kah-nuhv, stuh-khah-nuhf] / stəˈkɑ nəv, stʌˈxɑ nəf /

noun

  1. the former Russian name of Kadiivka.


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But the good times for Stakhanov did not last forever.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2015

When a girl called Galina Bondarenko came onstage to sing a song, Stakhanov lost his head.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2015

The mine where Stakhanov worked was one of the worst-performing in the region.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2015

Stakhanov was a miner in Donbass, a coal-producing region in Soviet Ukraine.

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

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