Moscow Municipal Society of Collectors
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| 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 | |
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| Abbreviation | Russian: МГОК (MGOK) |
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| Predecessor | Moscow Society of Philatelists and Collectors |
| Merged into | All-Union Society of Philatelists |
| Successor | Union of Moscow Philatelists |
| Formation | May 31, 1957 |
| Founded at | Moscow, USSR |
| Dissolved | 1966 |
| Merger of | USSR regional philatelic associations |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | municipal association |
| Purpose | philately, numismatics, ex-libris collection, other forms of collecting |
| Headquarters | 12 Gorky Street |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 55°45′50″N 37°36′23″E / 55.76389°N 37.60639°E |
Region served | Moscow, other USSR regions |
| Membership | over 4500 members (1964) |
Official language | Russian |
Chairman | Leonid L. Lepeshinsky |
Main organ | Board of the Society Publication: Sovetskii Kollektsioner |
| Remarks | private persons |
Formerly called | Moscow Municipal Society of Collectors-Philatelists |
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).
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]
