udarnik
udarnik noun: a shock worker; a super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc.
Noun
udarnik (plural udarniks or udarniki)
- A shock worker; a super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc.
- 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.1934, VOKS Bulletin, Issues 7-8, Digitized edition, published 2006, page 80
- 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.1968, Peter John Georgeoff, The Social Education of Bulgarian Youth, Univ. of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 89
- Synonyms:
- Stakhanovite
Synonyms of udarnik
Forms of udarnik
| plural | udarniks |
|---|---|
| plural | udarniki |
Origin of udarnik
From Russian уда́рник (udárnik), from уда́р (udár, “strike, blow, shock”) + -ник (-nik).
Questions about udarnik
- What does udarnik mean?
- Udarnik means a shock worker; a super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc.
- What part of speech is udarnik?
- Udarnik is a noun.
- What is the plural of udarnik?
- The plural of udarnik is udarniks.
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