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'Visit the USSR, the country of the world's first cosmonaut' — Soviet travel poster from 1965 published by InTourist.
#SpacesandPractises in #Soviet #CentralAsia #Orientalism #Colonialism: 'The construction of the #oriental other' #photography by #intourist @WendyOrent @AsiaSpotlight @DestCentralAsia @UzbekistanPics @PicsSilkRoad @SilkMinimalist
Here is an incredible thread by @aslishahqurbani on InTourist and the tourism ads for the Soviet Union and Soviet Central Asia. Here are some of the ads. https://t.co/QEtXB8LK2q
Original #vintage #poster of the day - Intourist Volga river cruises (1930s) https://t.co/0BUE8qmvOn
#Intourist #Интурист #Волга #Река #Soviet #Travel #Volga #River #Russia #Holiday #Cruise #Ship #Sailing #Watermelon #USSR #TravelPoster #Art #Волгаматушка #FridayFeeling #MelonDay
Henri Cartier-Bresson is in the #Caucasus | #Azerbaijan
1. #Baku, #Azerbaijan. 7 November 1972.
2. #Baku, 7 November 1972.
3. Hotel Intourist. Chambermaids. Baku, 1972
4. Parade of foreign students of the Petroleum Institute. Baku, 7 November 1972.
Intourist was responsible for attracting, accommodating and escorting all foreign guests.
#Intourist was founded in 1929 by the People's Commissariat of Commerce, the People's Commissariat of Railways and the Sovtorgflot merchant fleet. Its name was a contraction of inostrannyj turist (foreign tourists).