👉 Stakhanovism is a concept in Russian history that refers to a period of administrative reforms carried out during the Soviet Union. It began with the implementation of the Stakhanov decree, which was issued by Joseph Stalin on January 27, 1936. The decree aimed at improving efficiency and effectiveness in the Soviet bureaucracy, and it included various measures such as increasing salaries for employees, abolishing the "stalinization" of the bureaucracy, and implementing a merit-based
