Pictorial map of the Caucasus. Russia Georgia Azerbaijan Armenia INTOURIST c1932
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Contributor:
Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
2JE0N4YFile size:
102.7 MB (9.2 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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7109 x 5047 px | 60.2 x 42.7 cm | 23.7 x 16.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1932Location:
Caucasus & GeorgiaMore information:
This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.
Pictorial map of the Caucasus. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Issued by Intourist USSR Travel Company. Provenance: Printed in the Soviet Union Vneshtorgisdat Moscow. Type: Folding pictorial tourist map. The print run for this map was presumably rather small. Intourist was founded in 1929 as the primary travel agency for foreign visitors to the Soviet Union. Soviet tourism, such as it was, peaked in the early 1930s, however by the late Stalin era, the number of foreigners visiting the Soviet Union dropped to nearly zero. According to a 1948 report by Intourist, foreign tourism in the Soviet Union was “nonexistent”. In the same year, VOKS, the body in charge of hosting writers, artists and intellectuals, received only 89 guests.