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Stakhanovism and the Politics of Productivity in the USSR, 1935-1941

By Lewis H. Siegelbaum

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1988
ISBN
0521345480, 9780521345484
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7500311 bytes)
Pages
344\343
Time added
2020-10-19 16:57:30

Description

This is the first study in English of a major and instructive episode in the history of the Soviet Union. The Stakhanovite movement commemorated the mining of 108 tons of coal by Alexi Stakhanov in 1935 and it was an important symbol by which the state urged workers to achieve greater productivity. As Siegelbaum shows, Stakhanovism can be used to explore the social relations within Soviet industry at a critical stage in its development. In this sense, Stakhanovism was an important symbol of a shift in official priorities from construction of the means of production via increasing inputs of labor to intensive use of capital and labor.

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