Word: shturmovshchina
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lying down on the job in the first half of the month and then working like crazy (and at overtime) in the second half to make up the month's prescribed production quota. A new word was added to the Soviet work vocabulary to describe this phenomenon: shturmovshchina, i.e., storm attack. "Shturmovshchina," said Premier Bulganin, "leads to low-grade production...
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