Шире ряды стахановцев!
Swell the ranks of stakhanovites!
In Soviet history and iconography, a Stakhanovite follows the example of Aleksei Grigorievich Stakhanov, employing hard work or Taylorist efficiencies to over-achieve at work. The Stakhanovite movement began during the second 5-year plan in 1935 as a new stage of the socialist competition. The Stakhanovite movement was named after Aleksei Stakhanov, who had mined 102 tons of coal in less than 6 hours (14 times his quota). However, his record would soon be “broken” by his followers. On February 1, 1936, it was reported that Nikita Izotov had mined 607 tons of coal in a single shift.
Urban Exploration: Dead Satellites, Russia.
Full report on The Bohemian Blog.
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Russia, Magnitogorsk, Lenin Monument, 1930
Tu-95 “Bear”
