Subbotnik

the Subbotnik (of Russian: суббота (subbota): Saturday) is a term for an unpaid, freiwilligen work input, developed in Russia, on Saturday, into those GDR language was taken over.

Voluntariness emphasized, pretty often gave it however a considerable pressure for these work inputs. Thus also so some official sympathetic consideration of - observed probably very well and registered - the participation in this Subbotniks becamedependently made. Who needed a larger dwelling, who looked for a better place, who wanted to drive a telephone connection abroad or desired, that was usually dependent on such “pluses” for its “socialist behavior”.

The word “Subbotnik” became from Leninin the article: “The large initiative” (Russian: “Великийпочин” (weliki poet-seemed)) in June 1919 with the sub-title: “Over the hero courage of the workers in the hinterland. On the occasion of the “communist Subbotniks”” (Russian: “Огероизмерабочихвтылу. Поповоду “коммунистическихсубботников” “) uses. Lenin wrote this article after the communists and their trailers had decided Moscow - Kasaner - with that railway in the year 1919 to accomplish such “communist Subbotniks” for the fastest possible re-establishment of the economy.

After the war quite was the Subbotniksa meaningful mechanism for the reconstruction, later they came however often to bureaucratic activism, then locally also often for lack of material or for lack of ideas simply to stupiden obligation exercises. At the latest in the middle of the 1980er years did not take place these meetings.The designation remained however for work inputs of the “household” with the Vorgartenpflege among other things usually.

In the GDR later extra shifts also paid were called ironically in such a way on Saturday.

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