Fedor Grigorovich Chuchin (1883-1942) was an official in the Soviet government who was chairman of the campaign to eliminate illiteracy. He also wrote on numismatic and philatelic topics.
Early life and family edit
Fedor Chuchin was born in 1883.[1]
Career edit
As an official in the Soviet government, he was chairman of the campaign to eliminate illiteracy.[2]
Philately edit
In 1925, as Commissioner for Philately, Chuchin published his Catalogue of the Russian Rural Stamps,[3] the local stamps of Russia known as Zemstvo stamps, the numbering system of which has become the standard used for those issues.[4]
In 1984, John Barefoot published a revised edition of Chuchin's catalogue as volume 14 of his European Philately series.[5]
Death edit
Chuchin died in 1942.[1]
Selected publications edit
- Bumazhnye Denezhnye Znaki (Paper Banknotes). Moscow, 1924. (Russian language)
- Catalogue of the Russian Rural Stamps. Commissioner for Philately and Vouchers of U.S.S.R., Moscow, 1925.
- Russia Zemstvos. Revised edition. Edited by John Barefoot. J. Barefoot Ltd., York, 1984.
References edit
- ^ a b Birch, Brian. (2013) Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers. 13th edition. Standish, Wigan: Brian Birch, p. 597.
- ^ Clark, Charles E. (2000). Uprooting Otherness: The Literacy Campaign in NEP-Era Russia. Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-1-57591-030-7.
- ^ "Reviews", Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal, Vol. 25, No. 4 (January 1926), p. 87.
- ^ RUSSIA ZEMSTVOS. jbarefoot.co.uk Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/314729281
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