Intourist USSR Country 189 People Zhukov Sakharov. Original vintage poster. This poster promotes the cultural diveristy of the USSR. Intourist, the State Travel Company of the USSR. Since the creation of Intourist in 1929 prominent artists from Moscow and Leningrad such as M. Litvak, A. Frolov, V. Pudovkin and others were commissioned to design its advertising. In 1931 Intourist initiated All-Union poster competitions featuring Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, other cities and areas of the USSR and the Trans-Siberian railway. These competitions attracted many new young artists including I. Fomin and V. Livanova. At the beginning of the 1930s all foreign trade advertisement was consolidated under the Bureau of Trade Advertisement of the All-Union Chamber of Commerce headed by the artist S. Igumnov. The bureau artists designed advertising for all Soviet foreign trade agencies, Torgsin and Intourist. Many designers such as N. Zhukov, S. Sakharov, B. Zelenskiy, M. Nesterova-Berzina, V. Klimashin, O. Eyges, A. Antonchenko and A. Zhitomirskiy who joined the bureau in the 1930s contributed to the unique style of Intourist advertisements that are still admired today. The most prominent impact was due to N. Zhukov, who worked on Intourist posters and periodicals from 1934 until 1937. Sergey Sakharov Nikolay Nikolaevich Zhukov (1908—1973) Soviet graphic designer and one of the chief artists working at the All-Union Chamber of Commerce in the 1930s. Fair condition, tears, loss on margins, repaired area of loss on bottom left corner, backed on japan which is backed on thin board.. Russia, 1934, designed by N. Zhukov, S. Sakharov, 1934, 101x68.5cm.