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Alexey Stakhanov

Soviet Hero of Socialist Labour

Died when: 71 years 306 days (862 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Alexey Stakhanov

Alexey Grigoryevich Stakhanov (Russian: ??????´? ?????´?????? ?????´???, IPA: [sta'xan?f]; 3 January 1906 – 5 November 1977) was a Soviet and Russian miner, Hero of Socialist Labour (1970), and a member of the CPSU (1936).

He became a celebrity in 1935 as part of what became known as the Stakhanovite movement – a campaign intended to increase worker productivity and to demonstrate the superiority of the socialist economic system.

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