EVENT INFORMATION

30
August
1935

Aleksei Stakhanov sets a coal-cutting production record

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📅 30 August 1935 📍

The official account of Stakhanov’s shift launched a movement rewarding exceptional output. The campaign encouraged technical innovation but raised quotas and pressure on ordinary workers; later accounts question how the record was organized and publicized.

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Aleksei Stakhanov

mine workers

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Donbas coal industry

trade unions