Moscow Municipal Society of Collectors

Moscow Municipal Society of Philatelists (Russian: Московское городское общество коллекционеров) was a regional philatelic organisation in the Soviet Union established in Moscow in 1957. Later on, it was merged into the All-Union Society of Philatelists (Russian: Всесоюзное общество филателистов).

Moscow Municipal Society of Philatelists
Московское городское общество коллекционеров
Cover of the Society with a special cancellation commemorating the Day of Collector, a handstamp calling to become members of the organisation,
and contact information, 1958
AbbreviationRussian: МГОК (MGOK)
PredecessorMoscow Society of Philatelists and Collectors
Merged intoAll-Union Society of Philatelists
SuccessorUnion of Moscow Philatelists
FormationMay 31, 1957 (1957-05-31)
Founded atMoscow, USSR
Dissolved1966 (1966)
Merger ofUSSR regional philatelic associations
TypeNGO
Legal statusmunicipal association
Purposephilately, numismatics, ex-libris collection, other forms of collecting
Headquarters12 Gorky Street
Location
  • Moscow, USSR
Coordinates55°45′50″N 37°36′23″E
Region
Moscow, other USSR regions
Membership (1964)
over 4500 members
Official language
Russian
Chairman
Leonid L. Lepeshinsky
Main organ
Board of the Society
Publication: Sovetskii Kollektsioner
Remarksprivate persons
Formerly called
Moscow Municipal Society of Collectors-Philatelists

History

The first Soviet philatelic organisation, Moscow Society of Philatelists and Collectors, was founded in 1918 in Moscow, and the All-Russian Society of Philatelists was established in 1923.[1]

In the 1940s, because of the Great Patriotic War, the organised philatelic movement in the USSR ceased. Only in separate cities, there were circles and clubs.[2] In the 1950s, philatelic associations began appearing in many cities around the country.[1]

The Moscow Municipal Society of Collectors, nowadays the Union of Moscow Philatelists, was created in 1957.[2] In 1963, it started publishing the annual Sovetskii Kollektsioner (Soviet Collector).[1]

In March 1966, the All-Union Society of Philatelists was founded.[2] It evolved from the Moscow Municipal Society of Collectors and a range of philatelic associations in other cities of the country.[3] These associations became regional members of the All-Union Society of Philatelists, subsequently the Union of Philatelists of the USSR.[1][2] The latter functioned until 1992.[2]

See also

References
  1. Владинец, Н. И. [Vladinets, N. I.] (1977). "Филателия" [Philately]. In Прохоров, А. М., гл. ред. (ed.). Большая советская энциклопедия: в 30 т. (1970–1979) [The Great Soviet Encyclopedia] (in Russian and English). 27 (Ульяновск – Франкфорт) (3rd ed.). М. [Moscow]: Советская энциклопедия [Soviet Encyclopedia]. Retrieved 2015-06-08.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Budnik, D. (May 2004). "Brief marks of development of philately". Forum filatelia e francobolli: Immagini relative ai miei messaggi per il Forum filatelia e francobolli, pagina 67. CIFR — Centro Italiano Filatelia Resistenza. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  3. Ivanova, V. (2015-02-23). "Philately in Russia, Part 2". Russia-IC: Culture & Arts: Manners, Customs and Traditions. Russia-InfoCentre; Guarant-InfoCentre. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2015-06-21.

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