Meanings
plural udarniks · plural udarniki
- historicalA shock worker; a super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc.
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 892 more examples
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 80The brigadiers, or udarniki, worked harder, wasted less time and set an example for their more indolent or less ... Udarniki became a class apart on any job, compensated for their brigadiering by extra rations, priority in the distribution of deficit goods [...]
1991, Eugene Lyons, Assignment in Utopia, page 208Synonyms: Stakhanovite
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA shock worker; a super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc.
Origin
- Russianуда́рник
- Englishudarnik
From Russian уда́рник (udárnik), from уда́р (udár, “strike, blow, shock”) + -ник (-nik).
More words from Russian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian уда́рник
- уда́рник (udárnik)shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
Chinese Mandarin 突擊手 /突击手
- 突擊手 /突击手 (tūjīshǒu)shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
Czech úderník
- úderníkshock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
Dutch stootarbeider
- stootarbeidershock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
Finnish iskurityöläinen, iskuruus
- iskurityöläinenshock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
- iskuruusshock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
French oudarnik, ouvrier de choc
- oudarnikshock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
- ouvrier de chocshock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
German Stoßarbeiter, Stoßarbeiterin
- Stoßarbeitershock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
- Stoßarbeiterinshock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
- Udarnikshock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
Greek ουντάρνικος
- ουντάρνικος (ountárnikos)shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
Italian udarnik
- udarnikshock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
Latvian trieciennieks
- trieciennieksshock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
Polish przodownik pracy, stachanowiec
- przodownik pracyshock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
- stachanowiecshock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
Portuguese trabalhador de choque
- trabalhador de choqueshock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
Romanian fruntaș
- fruntașshock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
Russian уда́рник, уда́рница
- уда́рник (udárnik)shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
- уда́рница (udárnica)shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
- передови́к произво́дства (peredovík proizvódstva)shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
Swedish stötbrigadist
- stötbrigadistshock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
Ukrainian уда́рник, уда́рниця
- уда́рник (udárnyk)shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
- уда́рниця (udárnycja)shock worker, super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc — see also Stakhanovite
Cite this entry
udarnik. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/udarnik
“udarnik.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/udarnik. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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