From Subotniks to Stahanovists : Labour Process in the Soviet Union Yüksel Akkaya The paper tries to locate the taylorist forms of work geared to increase the labour productivity in the Soviet Union, in the theoretical framework elaborated by Lenin and Stalin, on the basis of the Critique of Gotha Program. The focus of the analysis is the stahanovist movement which is such an attempt to increase labour productivity and the pace of industrialization. The movement is discussed from a historical standpoint, through a critical evaluation of its positive and negative aspects.