udarnik

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udarnik

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From Russian уда́рник (udárnik), from уда́р (udár, “strike, blow, shock”) + -ник (-nik).

noun udarniks · udarniki

  1. historical 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.

    Similar: Stakhanovite

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noun shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite

中文突擊手 /突击手 tūjīshǒu
Portuguêstrabalhador de choque
Françaisoudarnik, ouvrier de choc
DeutschStoßarbeiter, Stoßarbeiterin, Udarnik
Italianoudarnik
Ελληνικάουντάρνικος ountárnikos
Românăfruntaș
Русскийуда́рник udárnik, уда́рница udárnica, передови́к произво́дства peredovík proizvódstva

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@misc{udarnik_2026,
  title = {udarnik},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/udarnik},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}