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Mar. 1st, 2006 12:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The rising popularity of rail travel in the mid-19th century led to an explosion of tourism throughout Europe, and caused a complete breakdown in the European passport and visa system. In answer to the crisis, France abolished passports and visas in 1861; other European countries followed suit, and by 1914, passport requirements had been eliminated practically everywhere in Europe. However, World War I brought renewed concerns for international security, and passports and visas were again required, as a "temporary" measure.
I am not going to Russia this spring.
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Date: 2006-03-03 07:56 am (UTC)да, видимо, мы были в полушаге от единения человечества. когда бы не первая мировая.
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Date: 2006-03-03 06:14 pm (UTC)в полушаге от единения ... как при постройке вавилонской башни :)