The emblems are often called coats of arms, but since they (deliberately) did not follow the rules of heraldry, most of them cannot be considered coats of arms. However, they all did follow the same basic pattern, a pattern which sometimes has led to the use of the term "socialist heraldry".
The table below presents final versions of the renderings of the Soviet republics' emblems prior to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, as well as the arms of two republics that ceased to exist before that time. For comparison, national arms of present-day successor states of the Soviet republics are also shown. As can be seen, most Asian post-Soviet republics use arms based on or reminiscent of the Soviet-era emblems, with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have present-day arms nearly identical to the Soviet one. Most European republics, on the other hand, reverted to their traditional pre-Soviet heraldic arms. Belarus used the traditional Pahonia as its coat of arms from 1991 to 1995 when it was replaced by a new emblem closely resembling the Soviet-era design. Additionally, the secessionist Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria), internationally recognised as part of Moldova, uses an emblem based on the emblem of the Moldavian SSR (see Coat of arms of Transnistria) and the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, controlling part of the Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine, created the similar emblem.
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The emblems of the constituent republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics all featured predominantly the hammer and sickle and the red star that symbolized communism as well as a rising sun although in the case of the Latvian SSR since the Baltic Sea is west of Latvia it could be interpreted as a setting sun surrounded by a wreath of wheat except the Karelo Finnish SSR with a wreath of rye The USSR State motto Workers of the world unite in both the republic s language and Russian was also placed on each one of them In addition to those repetitive motifs emblems of many Soviet republics also included features that were characteristic of their local landscapes economies or cultures source source source source source source source track track USSR republics coat of arms display on USSR State Television The emblems are often called coats of arms but since they deliberately did not follow the rules of heraldry most of them cannot be considered coats of arms However they all did follow the same basic pattern a pattern which sometimes has led to the use of the term socialist heraldry The table below presents final versions of the renderings of the Soviet republics emblems prior to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991 as well as the arms of two republics that ceased to exist before that time For comparison national arms of present day successor states of the Soviet republics are also shown As can be seen most Asian post Soviet republics use arms based on or reminiscent of the Soviet era emblems with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have present day arms nearly identical to the Soviet one Most European republics on the other hand reverted to their traditional pre Soviet heraldic arms Belarus used the traditional Pahonia as its coat of arms from 1991 to 1995 when it was replaced by a new emblem closely resembling the Soviet era design Additionally the secessionist Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Transnistria internationally recognised as part of Moldova uses an emblem based on the emblem of the Moldavian SSR see Coat of arms of Transnistria and the self proclaimed Luhansk People s Republic controlling part of the Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine created the similar emblem Contents 1 Emblems of the Soviet Republics 2 Other emblems of the post Soviet territories 2 1 Current independent territories 2 2 Former independent territories 3 References 4 See alsoEmblems of the Soviet Republics editRepublic Emblem Main article Republic specific features Present day national coat of arms Russian SFSR nbsp Emblem of the Russian SFSR Plants wheat nbsp Coat of arms of Russia Landscapes geographic features Industry Ornaments Baroque cartouche Ukraine nbsp Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR 1 Plants wheat nbsp Coat of arms of Ukraine Landscapes geographic features Industry Ornaments Baroque cartouche Byelorussia nbsp Emblem of the Byelorussian SSR Plants wheat clover flax nbsp Emblem of Belarus Landscapes geographic features Industry Ornaments Uzbekistan nbsp Emblem of the Uzbek SSR 1 Plants wheat cotton nbsp Emblem of Uzbekistan Landscapes geographic features Industry Ornaments Kazakhstan nbsp Emblem of the Kazakh SSR 2 Plant wheat nbsp Emblem of Kazakhstan Landscapes geographic features Industry Ornaments Georgia nbsp Emblem of the Georgian SSR Plants wheat grapes nbsp Coat of arms of Georgia Landscapes geographic features Caucasus Mountains Industry Ornaments Georgian ornament with a seven pointed star from the pre 1921 Georgian coat of arms Azerbaijan nbsp Emblem of the Azerbaijan SSR 3 Plants wheat cotton nbsp Emblem of Azerbaijan Landscapes geographic features Sun rising on Caspian sea Industry oil drilling rig Ornaments Lithuania nbsp Emblem of the Lithuanian SSR 1 Plants wheat oak nbsp Coat of arms of Lithuania Landscapes geographic features Industry Ornaments Moldavia nbsp Emblem of the Moldavian SSR 1 Plants wheat maize pears grapes nbsp Coat of arms of Moldova Landscapes geographic features Industry Ornaments Latvia nbsp Emblem of the Latvian SSR Plants wheat nbsp Coat of arms of Latvia Landscapes geographic features Baltic Sea Industry Ornaments Kirghizia nbsp Emblem of the Kirghiz SSR Plants wheat cotton nbsp Emblem of Kyrgyzstan Landscapes geographic features Tian Shan Mountains Industry Ornaments Kyrgyz embroidery Tajikistan nbsp Emblem of the Tajik SSR 1 Plants wheat cotton nbsp Emblem of Tajikistan Landscapes geographic features Industry Ornaments Armenia nbsp Emblem of the Armenian SSR Plants wheat grapes nbsp Coat of arms of Armenia Landscapes geographic features Mount Ararat 4 Industry Ornaments Turkmenia nbsp Emblem of the Turkmen SSR Plants wheat cotton grapes nbsp Emblem of Turkmenistan Landscapes geographic features Turkmen landscape Industry oil drilling rig Ornaments gillam detail from a Turkmen rug Estonia nbsp Emblem of the Estonian SSR 5 Plants rye pine spruce nbsp Coat of arms of Estonia Landscapes geographic features Industry Ornaments Republics that dissolved before 1991 Karelo Finnish SSR 1940 1956 nbsp Coat of arms of the Karelo Finnish SSR Plants rye pine nbsp Coat of arms of Karelia constituent entity of Russia Landscapes geographic features Karelian landscape Industry Ornaments Karelian embroidery Transcaucasian SFSR 1922 1936 nbsp Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR Plants Wheat cotton maize rice grapes Landscapes geographic features Caucasus mountains Industry Factory oil drilling rigs OrnamentsOther emblems of the post Soviet territories editCurrent independent territories edit nbsp Emblem of the self proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic nbsp Emblem of the self proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia nbsp Emblem of the self proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia Former independent territories edit nbsp Emblem of the self proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 1990 1997 nbsp Coat of arms of the self proclaimed Republic of Crimea 2014 nbsp Emblem of the self proclaimed Luhansk People s Republic 2014 2022 nbsp Coat of arms of the self proclaimed Donetsk People s Republic 2014 2022 nbsp Coat of arms of the self proclaimed Republic of Artsakh 1992 2024 References edit a b c d e Gosudarstvennye gerby i flagi respublik SSSR sovietthings webuda com Archived from the original on 3 December 2013 Retrieved 5 December 2012 Kazakhstan in the Soviet Union crwflags com Retrieved 5 December 2012 Coats of arms azerbaijans com Archived from the original on 1 September 2017 Retrieved 5 December 2012 Armenia in the Soviet Union crwflags com Retrieved 5 December 2012 Estonia in the Soviet Union flags of the world net Retrieved 5 December 2012 See also edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category Coats of arms of the Soviet Republics Communist symbolism State Emblem of the Soviet Union Flags of the Soviet Republics Coats of arms of the Yugoslav Socialist Republics List of coats of arms of the Russian Federation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Emblems of the Soviet Republics amp oldid 1220250047, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
