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that "the communists and their supporters again must spur themselves on and extract from their time off still another hour of work, i.e. they must increase their working day by an hour, add it up and on Saturday devote six hours at a stretch to physical labour, thereby producing immediately a real
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value. Considering that communists should not spare their health and lives for the victory of the revolution, the work is conducted without pay." This subbotnik prompted Lenin to write the article
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On April 12, 1969, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Subbotnik, the Soviet Union revived the concept and millions of citizens volunteered for extra work at least as late as 1971.
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The first mass subbotnik was held on April 12, 1919, at the Moscow-Sortirovochnaya railway depot of the Moscow-Kazan Railway upon the initiative of local
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Resolution of the General Council of Communists of the Subraion of the Moscow-Kazan Railway and Their Adherents
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Modern Subbotniks have been performed, on at least one occasion by immigrants from the Former Soviet Union.
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Subsequently, "communist subbotniks" and "voskresniks" became obligatory political events in the
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at the All-Russia Subbotnik in the Kremlin grounds, Moscow, May 1, 1920
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Days of organized volunteering in the Soviet Union and modern Russia
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The first all-Russian subbotnik was held on May 1, 1920, and
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Subbotnik (disambiguation)
Subbotniks

Vladimir Lenin
[sʊˈbotə]
[vəskrʲɪˈsʲenʲjɪ]
volunteer
unpaid work
October Revolution
suffix
Russia
former Soviet Republics
community services
Bolsheviks
The Grand Initiative
ru
Vladimir Lenin
Moscow Kremlin
Vladimir Krikhatsky
Soviet Union
Eastern Bloc
German Democratic Republic
socialism

Youth brigade
de
Czechoslovakia
Action Z
Civil conscription
Working Saturday

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