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Visit the USSR! Christie's Sale Features Vintage Posters

Paul Heymont · 11/13/1410:12 PM

Christie's, the big London auction house, is selling vintage travel posters, including a number commissioned in the 1930s by Intourist, the official government travel agency. In various languages, including English, French and German they offer tours...

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Comrade Bob in the Steps of Tamerlaine

Amateuremigrant · 4/27/185:00 AM

Comrade Bob (did you know it means 'bean' in Russian?) Cranwell recalls a visit to Uzbekistan back in the waning days of the Soviet empire.

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Visit the USSR! Christie's Sale Features Vintage Posters

Comrade Bob in the Steps of Tamerlaine

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