The Stakhanovite movement was a mass cultural movement for workers established by the Communist Party in the 1930s Soviet Union. Its promoters encouraged the rationalization of workplace processes—i.e
Tanya (1940 film)
…where Maria works as a secretary of the party committee. After distinguishing herself in a fight against saboteur Samokhin, Tanya becomes member of the Stakhanovite movement. She quickly achieves outstanding performance in production, managing to supervise 150 machines instead of the standard number of 8 and also receives…
Aleksei Grigorievich Stakhanov with a fellow miner
USSR Medal "For Labour Valour"
Near Neustrelitz, East Germany, September 1959, a forester (on motorcycle) congratulates a team of women for achieving 184% of a production goal during their shift—by planting 25,000 saplings against a quota of only 16,000.