Background
GASTEV, Aleksey was born on September 26, 1882 in Suzdal’. Son of a teacher.
GASTEV, Aleksey was born on September 26, 1882 in Suzdal’. Son of a teacher.
From 1900 in revol movement. Foreign political activities expelled from Institute. Worked as mechanic; subjected to arrests and exile.
Several times emigrated to Paris. 1901-1908 Russian Social-Democratic Workers ’Party (Bolsheviks) member, 1904 first work published. 1905 chairman, Executive Committee, Kostroma Soviet of Workers' Deputy.
1906 deleg, 4th Stockholm Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party Congress. From 1906 trade-union official in Saint St. Petersburg. 1917-1918 first secretary, Central Committee, All-Russian Metalworkers’ Union.
1920 founded in Moscow Centr Institute of Labor, All-Union Centr Trade Union Council. Until 1938 head of this Institute. Worked on methods of analysing and teaching labor processes, organisation of labor and reorganization of production.
Anticipated some ideas characteristic of the much later sci of cybernetics. 1938 arrested by People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs.
Communist Party member from 1931.