---
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: 6 of 12
url: https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/6/
cite: "Alexei Gastev, tr. S. Alexander Laurent, A Pack of Orders · Пачка ордеров, section 6. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/6/"
---

# 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).

## 6. Order 04

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/6/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/6/#p-N

[¶0] ORDER 04

> Russian: ОРДЕР 04

[¶1] Prisms of houses.

> Russian: Призмы домов.

[¶2] A pack of twenty city blocks.

> Russian: Пачка в двадцать кварталов.

[¶3] Into the press with it.

> Russian: В пресс ее.

[¶4] Flatten into a parallelogram.

> Russian: Сплющить в параллелограмм.

[¶5] Clamp down to 30 degrees.

> Russian: Зажать до 30 градусов.

[¶6] Onto worm gears and wheels.

> Russian: На червяки и колеса.

[¶7] City-block-tank.

> Russian: Квартало-танк.

[¶8] Diagonal motion.

> Russian: Движение диагональю.

[¶9] Cut through streets without shuddering.

> Russian: Резать улицы не содрогаясь.

[¶10] An extra thousand calories for the workers.

> Russian: Лишняя тысяча калорий работникам.