concept
Artel
artel
also: артель
A traditional Russian cooperative association of workers or tradesmen pooling labor and profit, here applied with mock formality to a band of ticket scalpers.
Reading notes
- The Theatrical Ticket-Touts' Cooperative §1 artel
An artel, a traditional Russian cooperative association of workers or tradesmen pooling labor and profit; here applied with mock formality to a band of ticket scalpers.
- To V. A. Tikhonov, 7 March 1889. Moscow. §8 A sort of artel, in a manner of speaking
Artel (артель): a traditional Russian cooperative association of workers or craftsmen sharing labor and proceeds, used here figuratively for a generation of writers pooling reputation rather than seeking individual fame.