ARTEL (Russ. for " gang ")  , the name for the co-operative associations in Russia . Originally, the artels were true examples ARTEMIS 663 of productive co-operation, bodies of working-men associating together for the purpose of jointly undertaking some piece of work, and dividing the profits . This original form of artel still survives among the fishermen of Archangel . Artels have come, however, to be little more than trade gilds, with mutual responsibility .