| Moscow Municipal Society of Philatelists | |
| Native Name: | Московское городское общество коллекционеров |
| Abbreviation: | Russian: МГОК (MGOK) |
| Predecessor: | Moscow Society of Philatelists and Collectors |
| Merged: | All-Union Society of Philatelists |
| Successor: | Union of Moscow Philatelists |
| Founding Location: | Moscow, USSR |
| Merger: | USSR regional philatelic associations |
| Type: | NGO |
| Status: | municipal association |
| Purpose: | philately, numismatics, ex-libris collection, other forms of collecting |
| Headquarters: | 12 Gorky Street |
| Location: | Moscow, USSR |
| Region: | Moscow, other USSR regions |
| Membership: | over 4500 members |
| Membership Year: | 1964 |
| Language: | Russian |
| Leader Title: | Chairman |
| Leader Name: | Leonid L. Lepeshinsky |
| Main Organ: | Board of the Society Publication: Sovetskii Kollektsioner |
| Formerly: | Moscow Municipal Society of Collectors-Philatelists |
| Remarks: | private persons |
Moscow Municipal Society of Philatelists (Russian: Московское городское общество коллекционеров|a=RU-Московское Городское Общество Коллекционеров.wav) was a regional philatelic organisation in the Soviet Union established in Moscow in 1957. Later on, it was merged into the (Russian: Всесоюзное общество филателистов|a=RU-Всесоюзное Общество Филателистов.wav).
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]