History A-Level
Stakhanovites
What Stakhanovites means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Stakhanovites
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A movement engineered as a propaganda tool to drive productivity through unrealistic targets and justify higher quotas.
Topics that use Stakhanovites
- 2N Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953 – Economy and society, 1929–1941 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Collectivisation and agriculture
- Cult of personality
- Five Year Plans
- Foreign companies
- Ideological conformity
- Industrialisation and modernisation
- Propaganda
- Social mobility and living standards
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