The All-Union Association Vneshposyltorg (All-Union Foreign Mail Order Trade Association) was an organization in the
Soviet Union
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which handled trade in imported goods for
hard currency
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.
It was mostly known for its
Beryozka chain of shops.
Vneshposyltorg sold consumer goods to foreigners with optional delivery within Soviet territory. This gave foreigners the opportunity to send gifts to their friends and relatives in the Soviet Union.
In 1984, forwarding of parcels from foreign firms to Soviet addresses was cancelled.
With the dissolution of the
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
and the introduction of the conversion of
ruble
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s into hard currency, the organization lost its importance and was privatized.
In 1992 it was merged with ''Vostokintorg'' to create ''Vneshintorg''.
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See also
*Foreign Trade Bank of the USSR
The Foreign Trade Bank of the USSR (, abbreviated Внешторгбанк, Latinized Vneshtorgbank) was the monopoly state credit institution for trade finance in the Soviet Union. It was initially established in 1922 as the Russian Commercial Ba ...
(Vneshtorgbank)
* Vneshtekhnika
* Vneshtorgreklama
References
Service companies of the Soviet Union
Ministry of Foreign Trade (Soviet Union)
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