Through the Iron Curtain. See Ussr! Foreign tourists and ghost of the Potemkin villages

The book is devoted to the history of foreign (entry) tourism in the USSR from the first years of the establishment of Soviet power until 1991. The reader will receive information about the organizational foundations, scale and geography of travel of foreigners around the country of Soviets, learn many interesting facts about political, economic, psychological and communication The features of the entrance tourism in the country, which other authors called "closed", despite thousands, and then millions of foreigners visited it. Reconstructing the functioning of the foreign tourism system, in which dozens of state structures and public organizations participated, the authors pay special attention to the main of them - VAO Intourist and BMMT "satellite".
Based on a wide range of sources, many of which in Soviet times had a “secret” vulture, the technologies for attracting foreign tourists in the USSR, methods and techniques for their ideological processing, and the features of contacts with Soviet citizens are revealed. In addition to the "ceremonial facade" of foreign tourism, a lot of attention is paid to its shadow side - complaints of foreigners about the quality of service, spyophobia syndrome, the activities of farmers and foreign currency prostitutes.
For a wide range of readers interested in the history of Soviet society, tourism and international relations, specialists of the tourism industry, teachers, graduate students and students