---
title: "A Pack of Orders · Пачка ордеров"
author: "Alexei Gastev"
translator: "S. Alexander Laurent"
title_ru: "Пачка ордеров"
author_ru: "Алексей Гастев"
languages: [ru, en]
shelf: "LCI editions"
section: 4 of 12
url: https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/4/
cite: "Alexei Gastev, tr. S. Alexander Laurent, A Pack of Orders · Пачка ордеров, section 4. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/4/"
---

# A Pack of Orders · Пачка ордеров

*Alexei Gastev, tr. S. Alexander Laurent*

Russian: Пачка ордеров, Алексей Гастев

“Forty thousand in a rank. Attention: eyes on the pressure gauge.” Gastev’s 1921 poem in ten orders, to be read at one speed, like instructions fed to a machine. In Russian and English.

> Russian: А. Гастев, Пачка ордеров (Riga, 1921).

> English: Laurentium Cultural Industries, project translation (8 October 2026).

## 4. Order 02

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/4/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/4/#p-N

[¶0] ORDER 02

> Russian: ОРДЕР 02

[¶1] Chronometer, on duty.

> Russian: Хронометр, на дежурство.

[¶2] To the machine tools.

> Russian: К станкам.

[¶3] Stand up.

> Russian: Встать.

[¶4] Pause.

> Russian: Пауза.

[¶5] A charge of attention.

> Russian: Заряд внимания.

[¶6] Feed.

> Russian: Подача.

[¶7] Switch on.

> Russian: Включить.

[¶8] Self-motion.

> Russian: Самоход.

[¶9] Stop.

> Russian: Стоп.

[¶10] Half a minute’s hold.

> Russian: Полминуты выдержки.

[¶11] Switch over.

> Russian: Переключить.

[¶12] Operation B.

> Russian: Операция Б.

[¶13] Move two, move four.

> Russian: Прием два, прием четыре.

[¶14] Seven.

> Russian: Семь.

[¶15] Series twenty, into work.

> Russian: Серия двадцать, в работу.