Stahanovismul în România anilor ’50: între propagandă și realități economice
The Stakhanovite in Romania of the 1950s: between propaganda and economic realities

Summary/Abstract: In Romania, the campaign to impose Stakhanovism began in 1945 with a number of articles in the central press. Labour unions played the most important role in spreading it. Party orders were that the work methods successfully applied in the USSR should be made known to as many people as possible. The aim was to make the Stakhanovite a role model. The process of promoting Stakhanovism implied not only the spreading of images but also of values society had to assume. It didn’t take the Establishment long to impose the “new-type values” - very generous but inconsistent ideas - and, concurrently, its control over society at large. Stakhanovism became a method of reforming people in the spirit of the goals the regime pursued: control, order, discipline and, last but not least, a compliant role model.

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