Intourist

[ in-toor-ist ]

noun

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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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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He hurried through the lobby, past the Intourist desk, thankful that it was a slow time of day for tourist activity.
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Did he say anything about the Intourist guides, the women studied the Russian language.
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Did he say anything about Rimma or the other Intourist guides helping him with learning Russian?
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It was one of the many of the Intourist hotels going back to before the revolution.
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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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