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udarnik

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  • noun historical shock worker, super-productive worker

Etymologies

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From Russian ударник (udárnik).

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  • * Believe it or not, "udarnik" was one of the very first Russian words I learned in college.

    Church of the Big Sky 2009

  • Back in the heyday of the Soviet Union, an "udarnik" * (or "shock worker") was the ultimate proletarian factory dude who overfilled his quotas.

    Church of the Big Sky 2009

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