About the Stakhanov movement initiation in Donbass. Stepan Kulagin, a young miner, makes up his mind to change the old calculations and coal recovery standards. The elder generation, including the coal-mine director, take it with a pinch of salt. They provoke sabotage - an explosion at the coal mine. But in spite of everything the Stakhanov movement is supported by workers all over the country.
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