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Stakhanov

[stuh-kah-nuhv, stuh-khah-nuhf]

noun

  1. the former Russian name of Kadiivka.



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Leonid Pasechnik, the Russian proxy leader in occupied Luhansk, said on Telegram that Ukrainian artillery fire killed eight people and injured 23 in the village of Lantratovka and the town of Stakhanov early Friday.

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Using the old Soviet name for the city, Stakhanov, in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, the report cited the office of the mayor and said that rescuers were clearing the rubble.

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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.

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Communist propaganda held Stakhanov up as a symbol of Soviet industrial prowess.

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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.

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