The Stakhanov Movement on Soviet Railroads


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One of a series of propaganda booklets on life in the USSR, designed for distribution at the 1939 New York World's Fair; each with a vignette "USSR. The New York World's Fair 1939" on p. [1].




The Stakhanov Movement in the Soviet Union


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520 "The First Conference of Stakhanovites of Industry and Transport of the Soviet Union opened on November 14, 1935, in the Kremlin in Moscow. It was attended by three thousand shockworkers - men and women - Stakhanovites working in every branch of heavy industry, light industry, the timber industry and on the railways. The Conference was marked by the greatest enthusiasm. At its close, on November 17, Stalin, who was accorded a stormy and prolonged ovation by the working men and women attending the Conference, delivered the historic speech published in this pamphlet."--Page 2




Railways and Railwaymen in the Soviet Union


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Stalinism and Soviet Rail Transport, 1928–41


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This work provides an in-depth case-study of decision-making in the Soviet Union in the Stalin era. It focuses on the development of rail transport policy, upon which the entire economy as well as the country's defence were so crucially dependent. It analyses the role of institutional lobbies in shaping policy, and sheds new light on the Stakhanovite movement, and analyses for the first time the impact of the Great Purges on the railways. The work provides a critical examination of the adequacy of existing conceptualisations of the Stalinist state.




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


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The movement's significance as a symbol of a shift in official Soviet priorities, from construction of the means of production to intensive use of capital and labor, is emphasized in this analysis.







Stalinism and Soviet Rail Transport, 1928–41


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This work provides an in-depth case-study of decision-making in the Soviet Union in the Stalin era. It focuses on the development of rail transport policy, upon which the entire economy as well as the country's defence were so crucially dependent. It analyses the role of institutional lobbies in shaping policy, and sheds new light on the Stakhanovite movement, and analyses for the first time the impact of the Great Purges on the railways. The work provides a critical examination of the adequacy of existing conceptualisations of the Stalinist state.