Udarnik

[12] The hope behind promoting shock labour was that through socialist emulation the rest of the workforce would learn from the vanguard.

[15]: 57 Cultural theorist Susan Buck-Morss contrasts shock work's stimulation of productivity in rushes of labor with the standardization of Taylorism.

[15]: 57 In People's Republic of Poland a similar title was przodownik pracy (translated into English as "model worker"),[16] a calque from another Soviet/Russian term peredovik proizvodstva, literally "leader in production".

[19] In the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, an udarnik was called úderník[20] (with slightly different pronunciation in the Czech and Slovak languages).

Most importantly, úderníci usually did not perform any minor tasks mandated by the job standards they were supposed to follow.

Agitprop poster by Vladimir Mayakovsky : "Hurry to join shock brigades!" – Do you want it? Then join. 1. Want to defeat cold? 2. Want to defeat hunger? 3. Want to eat? 4. Want to drink? Hurry, join the advanced exemplary labour group.