---
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: 9 of 12
url: https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/9/
cite: "Alexei Gastev, tr. S. Alexander Laurent, A Pack of Orders · Пачка ордеров, section 9. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/9/"
---

# 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).

## 9. Order 07

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/9/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/gastev-pack-of-orders/9/#p-N

[¶0] ORDER 07

> Russian: ОРДЕР 07

[¶1] Distribution bureau on Mont Blanc.

> Russian: Распределительное бюро на Монблане.

[¶2] Washington switchboard, command America.

> Russian: Коммутатор Вашингтон, командуй Америкой.

[¶3] Radio Calcutta – the eastern continent.

> Russian: Радио Калькутта – материком восточным.

[¶4] The shift of telegraphists: sleep for 2 hours.

> Russian: Заснуть смене телеграфистов на 2 часа.

[¶5] Wake the telephone girls for 5 hours.

> Russian: Разбудить телефонных девиц на 5 часов.

[¶6] Raise the aeroplatforms by 10,000 kilometres.

> Russian: Поднять авиаплатформы на 10 000 километров.

[¶7] Repair 20 million of the legless.

> Russian: Отремонтировать 20 миллионов безногих.

[¶8] Horse-ify the inhabitants of Australia.

> Russian: Олошадить жителей Австралии.

[¶9] Rejuvenate the Canadians by 30 years.

> Russian: Омолодить на 30 лет канадцев.

[¶10] Report received in three minutes from half a billion athletes.

> Russian: Принят рапорт в три минуты от полмиллиарда спортсменов.

[¶11] Compile a summary of the reports by telemachines in 10 minutes.

> Russian: Сделать сводку рапортов телемашинами в 10 минут.

[¶12] Switch off the sun for half an hour.

> Russian: Выключить солнце на полчаса.

[¶13] Write 20 kilometres of words on the night sky.

> Russian: Написать на ночном небе 20 километров слов.

[¶14] Divide consciousness into 30 parallels.

> Russian: Разложить сознание на 30 параллелей.

[¶15] Make them read 20 kilometres in 5 minutes.

> Russian: Заставить прочесть 20 километров в 5 минут.

[¶16] Switch on the sun.

> Russian: Включить солнце.

[¶17] All those overheated – mark time.

> Russian: Всем разгоряченным – шаг на месте.

[¶18] Command a high jump.

> Russian: Скомандовать прыжок в вышину.

[¶19] Select the springiest.

> Russian: Выбрать самых пружинных.

[¶20] Humanity – tubes to ears and throat.

> Russian: Человечество – трубки к ушам и гортани.

[¶21] Listen to the athletes, there is poetry in their bodies.

> Russian: Слушайте спортсменов, в их теле поэзия.