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captainkirky | 06:40 Tue 12th Sep 2006 | History
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hi does anyone know the name of the man who did the work of 15 men during stalins 5 year plan. i was told that the they had posters everywhere with this guys name on,
telling you to work as hard as he did
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In 1935 a coal miner called Alexei Stakhanov was reported to have dug 102 tons of coal in a single 6-hour shift. This was many times more than a miner was expected to cut. Stakhanov was rewarded and praised as an example to all other workers.
A Stakhanov movement was encouraged to exemplify the spirit and endeavours of the "New Soviet Man"
and a stakhanovite is someone who adheres to the principles of Alexei Stakhanov.

Didja see Dale over the weekend - the old work horse in Aniimal Farm was a stakhanovite, whose name was Boxer.

There was a lit competition - inviting people to compose the least interesting first sentence of a novel. The winner composed:

"Ivan Ivanovich was a stakhanovite!"
.... and here is Aleksei Grigorievich and here is Mrs Stakhanov ....

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