---
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: 7 of 12
url: https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/7/
cite: "Alexei Gastev, tr. S. Alexander Laurent, A Pack of Orders · Пачка ордеров, section 7. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/7/"
---

# 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).

## 7. Order 05

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/7/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/7/#p-N

[¶0] ORDER 05

> Russian: ОРДЕР 05

[¶1] A requiem in the graveyard of planets.

> Russian: Панихида на кладбище планет.

[¶2] A roar in the catacombs of worlds.

> Russian: Рев в катакомбах миров.

[¶3] Millions, into the hatches of the future.

> Russian: Миллионы, в люки будущего.

[¶4] Billions, grip the implements tighter.

> Russian: Миллиарды, крепче орудия.

[¶5] Penal labour of the mind.

> Russian: Каторга ума.

[¶6] Shackles of the heart.

> Russian: Кандалы сердца.

[¶7] Engineer the philistines.

> Russian: Инженерьте обывателей.

[¶8] Drive geometry into their necks.

> Russian: Загнать им геометрию в шею.

[¶9] Logarithms into their gestures.

> Russian: Логарифмы им в жесты.

[¶10] Foul their romanticism.

> Russian: Опакостить их романтику.

[¶11] Tonnes of indignation.

> Russian: Тонны негодования.

[¶12] Standardisation of the word from pole to pole.

> Russian: Нормализация слова от полюса к полюсу.

[¶13] Phrases on the decimal system.

> Russian: Фразы по десятеричной системе.

[¶14] Boilerworks of speeches.

> Russian: Котельное предприятие речей.

[¶15] Abolish literature.

> Russian: Уничтожить словесность.

[¶16] Throat the tunnels.

> Russian: Огортанить туннели.

[¶17] Make them speak.

> Russian: Заставить говорить их.

[¶18] The sky – into red for excitation.

> Russian: Небо – в красное для возбуждения.

[¶19] Gears – overspeed.

> Russian: Шестерни – сверхскорость.

[¶20] Brainmachines – loading.

> Russian: Мозгомашины – погрузка.

[¶21] Cine-eyes – installation.

> Russian: Киноглаза – установка.

[¶22] Electro-nerves – work.

> Russian: Электронервы – работа.

[¶23] Arterio-pumps, pump.

> Russian: Артерионасосы, качайте.