Subbotnik
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Subbotnik is a noun meaning (often capitalized) A member of a Russian sect of Sabbath keepers / Sabbatarians.
Meaning
(often capitalized) A member of a Russian sect of Sabbath keepers / Sabbatarians.
More Meanings
- (historical) A Saturday designated for community volunteer work, such as cleaning the streets, after the October Revolution in Russia.
- (historical) One who took part in this work.
Example Sentences
Despite the element of coercion and a week of haranguing in the press, most subbotniki appeared to be taking their duties with good humor.
To clean up areas near the sporting sites, Mayor Anatol Sobchak even revived the communist practice of subbotniki, or ostensible “voluntary” work on Saturdays.
The Subbotniki (Sabbatarians), for example, adhere to many Jewish observances and accept Jesus only as a prophet. In this, they differ from the predominant Voskresniki (Sunday observers).
Though the individual was the initiator, his or her success enlisted others in group movements, such as the Subbotniks, who in 1919 gave every Saturday (Subbota) without pay to work on the railroads, repairing cars and engines and loading freight; […]
Word Forms
- subbotniks
- subbotniki
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tusovka, gopnik, dvornik, tovarishch, samizdatchik, gopnitsa.
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