Word: stakhanov
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Alexei Stakhanov, a skilled pneumatic drill operator in the Donbas Coal Trust sector, was discovered by the Soviet Press this year to be performing prodigies, soon was raised by Bolshevik puffs to the status of a "Hero of Labor." Russians read that Stakhanov increased his output of coal five-fold by "Stakhanovism." What he did was 'to organize a gang of three miners with such teamwork that Stakhanov, the skilled pneumatic driller, was able to spend all his time drilling out coal, while the others did the propping and panting. By this means the three got out enough coal...
Bullets for Speed. Commissar Ordzhonikidze saw to it that Comrade Stakhanov received a motor car and other luxuries unheard of for a Russian miner. After diligent search in other Soviet mines and factories, fresh Heroes of Labor were produced whose feats of "Stakhanovism" as played up by the Soviet Press became more & more stupendous...
...output 200%. Tried before a military tribunal, they were sentenced to death. In the coal mine at Stalino two assistant foremen, a checkweigher and an electrician were arrested for the murder of a fast-working Stakhanovite who had peached on them to the Bolshevik labor boss as "opposed to Stakhanovism." In a nearby mine a worker shot at his Stakhanovite mine manager, missed. Most spectacular blow against Stakhanovism is supposed to have been struck by Engineer S. Plotnikov, a member of the Communist Party up to the time of his arrest. According to the Soviet Press, Engineer Plotnikov became...
With Russian newsorgans clamoring for "Stakhanovism" in all branches of Bolshevik endeavor last week, Stakhanov and his chief assistant were each given a Soviet automobile, feted as heroes...
Overjoyed at this evidence that Soviet workmen are finally getting the knack of how to use Soviet tools, Commissar Ordzhonikidze sent a letter of hearty approval to Donetz' Party Chief Sarkisov. Thereupon Chief Sarkisov promptly ordered: "The Stakhanov system must be adopted throughout the Donetz Basin and executives who attempt to hinder it will be dismissed. Above all there must be no change in the rates of payment. If a miner or group of miners can earn far above the average, let them earn it, because the country needs coal. If miners earn 2,000 or 3,000 rubles...