Intourist

[ in-toor-ist ]

noun

1. a Russian agency that handles travel arrangements for foreign visitors to the former Soviet Union.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Intourist¹

< Russian Inturíst (acronym from inostránnyĭ turíst foreign tourist)

Example Sentences

Hotel Viru quickly became the pride of Intourist, a Soviet travel agency that was founded in the 1920s by Joseph Stalin.

From The Daily Beast

He hurried through the lobby, past the Intourist desk, thankful that it was a slow time of day for tourist activity.

From Project Gutenberg

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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