Intourist
[in-too r-ist]
- a Russian agency that handles travel arrangements for foreign visitors to the former Soviet Union.
Origin of Intourist
< Russian Inturíst (acronym from inostránnyĭ turíst foreign tourist)
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Contemporary Examples
Hotel Viru quickly became the pride of Intourist, a Soviet travel agency that was founded in the 1920s by Joseph Stalin.
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Historical Examples
We were evidently assigned compartments by Intourist and where we were assigned we'll sleep.
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One of the Intourist guides who had brought them from the railroad station stood to one side of the stairs.
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The Intourist guide had started off with twenty-five persons and had clucked over them like a hen all afternoon.
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Nevertheless, the Intourist guide went out of his way to avoid bringing his charges too near.
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After going to our hotel, I was called by the Intourist Office and asked to go there.
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