---
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: 8 of 12
url: https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/8/
cite: "Alexei Gastev, tr. S. Alexander Laurent, A Pack of Orders · Пачка ордеров, section 8. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/8/"
---

# 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).

## 8. Order 06

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/8/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/8/#p-N

[¶0] ORDER 06

> Russian: ОРДЕР 06

[¶1] Asia – all on the note D.

> Russian: Азия – вся на ноте ре.

[¶2] America – a chord higher.

> Russian: Америка – аккордом выше.

[¶3] Africa – B-flat.

> Russian: Африка – си-бемоль.

[¶4] Radio-bandmaster.

> Russian: Радиокапельмейстер.

[¶5] Cyclonecello – solo.

> Russian: Циклоновиолончель – соло.

[¶6] Across forty towers – with the bow.

> Russian: По сорока башням – смычком.

[¶7] An orchestra along the equator.

> Russian: Оркестр по экватору.

[¶8] Symphonies along parallel 7.

> Russian: Симфонии по параллели 7.

[¶9] Choirs along meridian 6.

> Russian: Хоры по меридиану 6.

[¶10] Electrostrings to the earth’s centre.

> Russian: Электроструны к земному центру.

[¶11] Hold the globe in music for four seasons.

> Russian: Продержать шар земли в музыке четыре времени года.

[¶12] Sound along the orbit for 4 months pianissimo.

> Russian: Звучать по орбите 4 месяца пианиссимо.

[¶13] Make four minutes of volcano-fortissimo.

> Russian: Сделать четыре минуты вулкано-фортиссимо.

[¶14] Break off for a week.

> Russian: Оборвать на неделю.

[¶15] Thunder out volcano-fortissimo-crescendo:

> Russian: Грянуть вулкано-фортиссимо-кресчендо:

[¶16] Hold at volcano for half a year.

> Russian: Держать на вулкано полгода.

[¶17] Bring down to zero.

> Russian: Спускать до нуля.

[¶18] Fold up the orchestrade.

> Russian: Свернуть оркестраду.