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GCSE History · key term
A campaign celebrating workers who greatly exceeded production targets, named after the coal miner Alexei Stakhanov.
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Paper 1
Revise: Modernisation of the USSRThe Stakhanovite movement offered a different form of pressure: reward and publicity. Named after the miner Alexei Stakhanov, whose celebrated coal-cutting achievement was presented as an example of exceptional productivity, it encouraged workers to exceed their targets. Successful workers could receive better pay, housing and public recognition.
Paper 3
A campaign begun in 1935 that celebrated workers credited with exceptionally high output and encouraged others to copy them, named after coal miner Alexei Stakhanov.
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The Stakhanovite Movement was named after him and promoted workers credited with similarly exceptional achievements.