{{Short description|Russian-language philatelic magazine}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Filateliya<br/>(Filateliya SSSR) | logo = | logo_size = | image_file = USSR HMK Filatelia SSSR 1976.jpg | image_size = 365px | image_alt = Two USSR illustrated stamped envelopes that marked the 10th anniversary of the Filateliya SSSR magazine, 1976 | image_caption = {{small|Two USSR illustrated stamped envelopes that marked the 10th anniversary of the magazine ''Filateliya SSSR'', 1976}} | editor = Yevgeni Obukhov | editor_title = Editor | previous_editor = {{hidden|ta1=left||Viktor Stepanov (1966–1968)<br/>Boris Balashov (1968–1974)<br/>Igor Chekhov (1975–1987)<br/>Yuly Bekhterev (1987–2005)}} | category = philately | frequency = monthly | format = 24 cm | circulation = ~100,000 (in 1977); ~44,000 (in 1991); 2200 (in 2010) | founded = {{start date and age|1966|||df=y}} | firstdate = {{start date and age|1966|7|df=y}} | company = Ministry of Communications of the USSR (1966–1991)<br/>All-Union Society of Philatelists (1966–1989)<br/>“Soyuzpechat” Central Philatelic Agency (1969–1987)<br/>Union of Philatelists of the USSR (1989–1992)<br/>Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Marka" (1991–present) | country = USSR (1966–1991), Russia (1992–present) | based = Moscow | language = Russian | website = {{URL|http://www.rusmarka.ru/page01.aspx}} | issn = 0869-4478 | oclc = 26365588 }} '''''Filateliya'''''{{efn|{{langx|ru|Филателия}}.}} (''Philately'') or formerly '''''Filateliya SSSR'''''{{efn|{{langx|ru|Филателия СССР}}.}} (''Philately of the USSR'') is a Russian central philatelic magazine. It first appeared in 1966 as the monthly bulletin ''Filateliya SSSR'' and was issued by the USSR Ministry of Communications. The magazine content includes the history and design of postage stamps, and other related themes.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Владинец, Н. И. [Vladinets, N. I.]|editor1-last=Прохоров А. М., гл. ред.|title=Большая советская энциклопедия: в 30 т. (1970–1979)|trans-title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia|access-date=2015-06-08|edition=3rd|volume=27 (Ульяновск – Франкфорт)|year=1977|publisher=Советская энциклопедия [Soviet Encyclopedia]|location=М. [Moscow]|language=ru, en|trans-chapter=Philately|chapter=Филателия|chapter-url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Philately}}</ref><ref name=Ivanova>{{cite web |url=http://www.russia-ic.com/culture_art/traditions/2706 |title=Philately in Russia, Part 2 |author=Ivanova, V. |date=2015-02-23 |work=Russia-IC: Culture & Arts: Manners, Customs and Traditions |publisher=Russia-InfoCentre; Guarant-InfoCentre |access-date=2015-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703172113/http://russia-ic.com/culture_art/traditions/2706 |archive-date=2015-07-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Владинец, Н. И. [Vladinets, N. I.]|editor1-last=Прохоров А. М., гл. ред.|title=Большая советская энциклопедия: в 30 т. (1970–1979)|trans-title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia|access-date=2015-06-21|edition=3rd|volume=20 (Плата – Проб)|year=1975|publisher=Советская энциклопедия [Soviet Encyclopedia]|location=М. [Moscow]|language=ru, en|trans-chapter=Postage stamp|chapter=Почтовые марки|chapter-url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Postage+Stamp}}</ref>
== History == The bulletin ''Filateliya SSSR'' was published monthly in Moscow since 1966.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA3566|access-date=27 July 2016|year=2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-85743-255-8|page=3565}}</ref> It was an organ of the Ministry of Communications of the USSR and the {{Interlanguage link multi|All-Union Society of Philatelists|qid=Q4127606}} ({{langx|ru|Всесоюзное общество филателистов}}). Its predecessor was the magazine ''Sovetskii Filatelist'' (''Soviet Philatelist'').<ref name=Filateliia>{{cite book|editor1-last=Прохоров А. М., гл. ред.|title=Большая советская энциклопедия: в 30 т. (1970–1979)|trans-title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia|access-date=2015-06-08|edition=3rd|volume=27 (Ульяновск – Франкфорт)|year=1977|publisher=Советская энциклопедия [Soviet Encyclopedia]|location=М. [Moscow]|language=ru, en|trans-chapter=Philately of the USSR|chapter=Филателия СССР [Filateliia SSSR]|chapter-url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Filateliia+SSSR}}</ref>
The bulletin (later, magazine) included the following information:<ref name=Filateliia/> * announcements of new postage stamp issues, * information about research in postal and philatelic history, * information about thematic collecting, * news about the activities of the All-Union Society of Philatelists, * news about the philatelic organisations in other socialist countries, * a section for junior philatelists.
The magazine repeatedly won awards at international philatelic exhibitions. Its circulation was approximately 100,000 copies (in 1977).<ref name=Filateliia/> In 1991, the last year of the USSR existence, the magazine was printed with the circulation of about 44,000 copies. Since then, it was published under the new name of ''Filateliya''.<ref name=Ivanova/>
== See also == * Boris Balashov * ''Kollektsioner'' * List of philatelic magazines * Manfred Dobin * ''Soviet Philatelist''
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== External links == * {{cite web |url=http://www.fabiovstamps.com/forum67.html |title=Brief marks of development of philately |author=Budnik, D. |date=May 2004 |work=Forum filatelia e francobolli: Immagini relative ai miei messaggi per il Forum filatelia e francobolli, pagina 67 |publisher=CIFR — Centro Italiano Filatelia Resistenza |access-date=2015-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526031502/http://www.fabiovstamps.com/forum67.html |archive-date=2015-05-26 |url-status=dead }}
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