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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
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).