People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR

People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR
Народный комиссариат; почт и телеграфов СССР; (НКПТ, НКПиТ, Наркомпочтель СССР)
	Official emblem of the Commissariat; on a telephone hatch in Kharkov
Agency overview
Formed	12 November 1923
Preceding agency	People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR (since 8 November 1917);
Dissolved	17 January 1932
Superseding agency	People's Commissariat for Communications of the USSR;
Jurisdiction	Council of People's Commissars
Headquarters	7 Gorky Street, Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union; 55°45′26″N 37°36′53″E / 55.75722°N 37.61472°E
Annual budget	varied
Agency executive	Alexey Rykov (1931–32), People's Commissar for Posts and Telegraphs;
Child agency	several;

People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR was the central organ of the Soviet Union government that was in charge of the organisation and administration of the different forms of communication including posts. It existed between 1923 and 1932.^[1]

^ Владинец, Н. И.; Ильичёв, Л. И.; Левитас, И. Я.; Мазур, П. Ф.; Меркулов, И. Н.; Моросанов, И. А.; Мякота, Ю. К.; Панасян, С. А.; Рудников, Ю. М.; Слуцкий, М. Б.; Якобс, В. А. (1988). Народный комиссариат почт и телеграфов СССР [People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR]. In Владинец, Н. И.; Якобс, В. А. (eds.). Большой филателистический словарь [Great Philatelic Dictionary] (in Russian). Moscow: Радио и связь. ISBN 5-256-00175-2. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2015-06-08.

[Vladinets-1] Владинец, Н. И.; Ильичёв, Л. И.; Левитас, И. Я.; Мазур, П. Ф.; Меркулов, И. Н.; Моросанов, И. А.; Мякота, Ю. К.; Панасян, С. А.; Рудников, Ю. М.; Слуцкий, М. Б.; Якобс, В. А. (1988). Народный комиссариат почт и телеграфов СССР [People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR]. In Владинец, Н. И.; Якобс, В. А. (eds.). Большой филателистический словарь [Great Philatelic Dictionary] (in Russian). Moscow: Радио и связь. ISBN 5-256-00175-2. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2015-06-08.

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Agency overview
Народный комиссариат почт и телеграфов СССР (НКПТ, НКПиТ, Наркомпочтель СССР)
Official emblem of the Commissariat on a telephone hatch in Kharkov
Formed	12 November 1923; 100 years ago (1923-11-12)
Preceding agency	People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR (since 8 November 1917)
Dissolved	17 January 1932; 92 years ago (1932-01-17)
Superseding agency	People's Commissariat for Communications of the USSR
Jurisdiction	Council of People's Commissars
Headquarters	7 Gorky Street, Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union 55°45′26″N 37°36′53″E / 55.75722°N 37.61472°E / 55.75722; 37.61472
Annual budget	varied
Agency executive	Alexey Rykov (1931–32), People's Commissar for Posts and Telegraphs
Child agency	several