Feodor Chuchin
Feodor Grigorovich Chuchin (1883 1942) was an official in the Soviet government who was chairman of the campaign to eliminate illiteracy. He also was an author on numismatic and philatelic topics. Early life and family Feodor Chuchin was born in 1883. Career As an official in the Soviet government, he was chairman of the campaign to eliminate illiteracy. In 1924, he published Bumazhnye Denezhnye Znaki (paper banknotes) which has become a standard work on the subject. In 1925, as Commissioner for Philately, Chuchin published his Catalogue of the Russian Rural Stamps, the local stamps of Russia known as Zemstvo stamps, the numbering system of which has become the standard used for those issues. In 1984, John Barefoot published a revised edition of Chuchin's catalogue as volume 14 of his European Philately series. Death Chuchin died in 1942. Selected publications 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. See also Organisation of the Commissioner for Philately and Scripophily References External links 1883 births 1942 deaths Soviet people Philatelic authors Russian numismatists