| Народный комиссариат почт и телеграфов РСФСР (НКПТ, НКПиТ, Наркомпочтель РСФСР) | |
 Vadim Podbelsky, the 3rd People's Commissar for Posts and Telegraphs and organiser of communications in the RSFSR, on a USSR stamp showing postal operation scenes | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 8 November 1917 |
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| Dissolved | 12 November 1923 |
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| Jurisdiction | Council of People's Commissars |
| Headquarters | Moscow, RSFSR 55°45′N 37°37′E / 55.750°N 37.617°E |
| Annual budget | varied |
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People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR, known shortly as the Narkompochtel, was the central organ of government of the RSFSR that was in charge of the organisation and development of the different forms of communication, including postal service. It was founded in Petrograd on 7 November [O.S. 25 October] 1917 from the Russian Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs and retained its organisational structure.[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 РСФСР" [People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR]. In Владинец, Н. И.; Якобс, В. А. (eds.). Большой филателистический словарь [Great Philatelic Dictionary] (in Russian). Moscow: Радио и связь [Radio i svyaz']. 320 p. ISBN 5-256-00175-2. Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2015-06-08.