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Stakhanovite en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /stəˈkɑːnəvaɪt/

Etymology

From Stakhanov + -ite, named after Russian coal miner Alexei Grigoryevich Stakhanov (Aleksei Grigor’evich Stakhanov) whose prodigious output was publicised by Stalin as part of a campaign in 1935.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hardworking.
   • The great galvanised iron shed where the valves were made was a cacophonous and tumultuous place, full of Stakhanovite workers torturing plugs of super-heavy metal with screaming drill bits. 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
   • There was nothing more Stakhanovite than the slogan “We can do a lot! Let's complete the Five Year Plan in four!” 2013, Bill Yenne, The White Rose of Stalingrad, unnumbered page:
   • You've got to work hard to be considered the most miserable part of Russia, which makes Murmansk the most Stakhanovite city in Russia. 2005, Adam Russ, 101 Places Not to Visit, page 110:
   • Perhaps he was convinced that a more Stakhanovite nation would, simply because of its absolute ethical commitment to community and service, in some way decide to take from the rich and give to the poor; […] 1982, David A. Reisman, State and welfare: Tawney, Galbraith and Adam Smith, page 115:

Forms

Relateds

Stakhanovism · udarnik

Translations (12)

sv stachanovistisk ((USSR) pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working) · sv stachanovitisk ((USSR) pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working) · it stacanovistico ((USSR) pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working) · it stacanovista ((USSR) pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working) · fi stahanovilainen ((USSR) pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working) · it stakanovistico ((USSR) pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working) · hy ստախանովյան ((USSR) pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working) · cs stachanovský ((USSR) pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working) · es estajanovista ((USSR) pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working) · fr stakhanoviste ((USSR) pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working) · ru стаха́новский ((USSR) pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working) · it stakanovista ((USSR) pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working)

Stakhanovite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /stəˈkɑːnəvaɪt/

Etymology

From Stakhanov + -ite, named after Russian coal miner Alexei Grigoryevich Stakhanov (Aleksei Grigor’evich Stakhanov) whose prodigious output was publicised by Stalin as part of a campaign in 1935.

Meanings

1. (historical) An extremely productive or hardworking worker, especially in the former USSR, who may earn special rewards; a workaholic.
   • In mid-1936, the steel plant's deputy director, Khazanov, revealed that according to factory administration data there were 3,663 Stackhanovites at the steel plant, but according to the records of the trade union committee, there were 4,441. “In our shops,” he commented, “there are insufficiently precise criteria for determining Stakhanovites.” 1997, Stephen Kotkin, Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism As a Civilization, page 500:
   • Kolkhozniki were soon attacking the Stakhanovites with abandon, beating them up, destroying their animals, even killing them.⁴⁰ For obvious reasons, collective farm management and even village authorities were often also not eager to see labor norms increased and colluded in these attacks. 1993, Stephan Merl, “III: Social Mobility in the Countryside”, in William G. Rosenberg, Lewis H. Siegelbaum, editors, Social Dimensions of Soviet Industrialization, page 56:
   • Nevertheless, few outstanding Stakhanovites remained at the bench for very long. Even if they stayed on the enterprise payroll, they ceased to be workers, becoming instead living icons. 1990, Lewis H. Siegelbaum, Stakhanovism and the Politics of Productivity in the USSR, 1935–1941, page 183:

Forms

Translations (19)

hu sztahanovista (udarnik — see also udarnik) · es estajanovista (udarnik — see also udarnik) · sv stachanovit (udarnik — see also udarnik) · cmn 突擊手 /突击手 (udarnik — see also udarnik) · ru стаха́новка (udarnik — see also udarnik) · ro stahanovist (udarnik — see also udarnik) · el σταχανοβίτισσα (udarnik — see also udarnik) · el σταχανοβίτης (udarnik — see also udarnik) · fi stahanovilainen (udarnik — see also udarnik) · it stacanovista (udarnik — see also udarnik) · de Stachanowerin (udarnik — see also udarnik) · hy ստախանովական (udarnik — see also udarnik) · et stahhanovlane (udarnik — see also udarnik) · ru стаха́новец (udarnik — see also udarnik) · cs stachanovec (udarnik — see also udarnik) · it stakanovista (udarnik — see also udarnik) · fr stakhanoviste (udarnik — see also udarnik) · ro stahanovistă (udarnik — see also udarnik) · de Stachanower (udarnik — see also udarnik)