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Sta⋅kha⋅nov⋅ite

  [stuh-kah-nuh-vahyt, -kan-uh-]
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–noun
1. a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to a Stakhanovite or to Stakhanovism.
Origin:
trans. of Russ stakhánovets (1935), after Alekseǐ Grigorʾevich Stakhanov (1906–77), Soviet coal miner, whose productivity was the focus of a propaganda campaign; see -ite 1
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Sta·kha·nov·ite   (stə-kä'nə-vīt')   
n.  A Soviet worker honored and rewarded for exceptional diligence in increasing production.

[After Aleksei Grigorievich Stakhanov (1906-1977), Soviet miner.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Stakhanovite 
1935, from Soviet coal miner Aleksei Grigorevich Stakhanov (1906-77). In ref. to an efficiency system in which workers increase their piecework production and are rewarded with bonuses and privileges. Soviet authorities publicized his prodigious output as part of a campaign to increase productivity.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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