ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Udarnik

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Udarnik is a noun meaning (historical) A shock worker; a super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc.

Meaning

(historical) A shock worker; a super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc.

Example Sentences

The account that follows appears in the alphabet book and first reader: Udarnik / Stefka Filipova is a weaver … She weaves faster and better than anyone else. For this reason she is a udarnik.
Two short stories … give a true, warm and unvarnished picture of the formation of the character and consciousness of a young Komsomol worker in the heat of socialist competition and udarnik work.
The brigadiers, or udarniki, worked harder, wasted less time and set an example for their more indolent or less ... Udarniki became a class apart on any job, compensated for their brigadiering by extra rations, priority in the distribution of deficit goods [...]

Word Forms

Synonyms for udarnik

Depending on context, synonyms include Stakhanovite.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stakhanovite, keyworker, jumper, steelman, warworker, kolkhoznik.

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