Stakhanovism

English

Etymology

From Stakhanov +‎ -ism, from the name of Aleksei Grigor’evich Stakhanov (Алексе́й Григо́рьевич Стаха́нов), a Russian coal miner whose prodigious output was publicised by Stalin as part of a 1935 campaign.

Noun

Stakhanovism (uncountable)

1. A system instituted in communist countries to encourage increased productivity.

Related terms

• Stakhanovite

Translations

institution

• Basque: estajanovismo, stakhanovismoa
• Catalan: estakhanovisme m
• Finnish: stahanovilaisuus
• French: stakhanovisme (fr) m
• German: Stachanowismus m
• Greek: σταχανοβισμός m (stachanovismós)
• Italian: stacanovismo (it) m, stakanovismo m
• Lithuanian: stachanovietis
• Portuguese: stakhanovismo m, estacanovismo m
• Romanian: stahanovism n
• Russian: стаха́новщина (ru) f (staxánovščina)
• Spanish: estajanovismo m

Further reading

• Stakhanovite movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia