Emblems of the Soviet Republics
The
The emblems are often called
The table below presents final versions of the renderings of the Soviet republics' emblems prior to the
Emblems of the Soviet Republics
Republic | Emblem | Main article | Republic-specific features | Present-day national coat of arms | |
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Russian SFSR | Emblem of the Russian SFSR | Plants | wheat | Coat of arms of Russia | |
Landscapes, geographic features |
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Industry | |||||
Ornaments | Baroque cartouche | ||||
Ukraine | Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR[1] | Plants | wheat | Coat of arms of Ukraine | |
Landscapes, geographic features |
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Industry | |||||
Ornaments | Baroque cartouche | ||||
Byelorussia | Emblem of the Byelorussian SSR | Plants | wheat, clover, flax | Emblem of Belarus | |
Landscapes, geographic features |
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Industry | |||||
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Uzbekistan | Emblem of the Uzbek SSR[1] | Plants | wheat, cotton | Emblem of Uzbekistan | |
Landscapes, geographic features |
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Industry | |||||
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Kazakhstan | Emblem of the Kazakh SSR[2] | Plant | wheat | Emblem of Kazakhstan | |
Landscapes, geographic features |
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Industry | |||||
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Georgia | Emblem of the Georgian SSR | Plants | wheat, grapes
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Coat of arms of Georgia
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Landscapes, geographic features |
Caucasus Mountains | ||||
Industry | |||||
Ornaments | Georgian ornament with a seven-pointed star from the pre-1921 Georgian coat of arms
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Azerbaijan | Emblem of the Azerbaijan SSR[3] | Plants | wheat, cotton | Emblem of Azerbaijan
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Landscapes, geographic features |
Sun rising on Caspian sea
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Industry | oil drilling rig | ||||
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Lithuania | Emblem of the Lithuanian SSR[1] | Plants | wheat, oak | Coat of arms of Lithuania | |
Landscapes, geographic features |
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Industry | |||||
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Moldavia | Emblem of the Moldavian SSR[1] | Plants | wheat, grapes
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Coat of arms of Moldova | |
Landscapes, geographic features |
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Industry | |||||
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Latvia | Emblem of the Latvian SSR | Plants | wheat | Coat of arms of Latvia | |
Landscapes, geographic features |
Baltic Sea | ||||
Industry | |||||
Ornaments | |||||
Kirghizia | Emblem of the Kirghiz SSR | Plants | wheat, cotton | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan | |
Landscapes, geographic features |
Tian Shan Mountains | ||||
Industry | |||||
Ornaments | Kyrgyz embroidery | ||||
Tajikistan | Emblem of the Tajik SSR[1] | Plants | wheat, cotton | Emblem of Tajikistan | |
Landscapes, geographic features |
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Industry | |||||
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Armenia | Emblem of the Armenian SSR | Plants | wheat, grapes | Coat of arms of Armenia | |
Landscapes, geographic features |
Mount Ararat[4] | ||||
Industry | |||||
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Turkmenia | Emblem of the Turkmen SSR | Plants | wheat, grapes
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Emblem of Turkmenistan | |
Landscapes, geographic features |
Turkmen landscape | ||||
Industry | oil drilling rig | ||||
Ornaments | gillam detail from a Turkmen rug | ||||
Estonia | Emblem of the Estonian SSR[5] | Plants | rye, pine, spruce | Coat of arms of Estonia | |
Landscapes, geographic features |
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Industry | |||||
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Republics that dissolved before 1991 | |||||
Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940–1956) |
Coat of arms of the Karelo-Finnish SSR
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Plants | rye, pine | Coat of arms of Karelia (constituent entity of Russia) | |
Landscapes, geographic features |
Karelian landscape | ||||
Industry | |||||
Ornaments | Karelian embroidery | ||||
Transcaucasian SFSR (1922–1936) |
Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR | Plants | Wheat, cotton, maize, rice, grapes | ||
Landscapes, geographic features |
Caucasus mountains | ||||
Industry | Factory, oil drilling rigs | ||||
Ornaments |
Other emblems of the post-Soviet territories
Current independent territories
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Emblem of the self-proclaimedPridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
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Emblem of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia
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Emblem of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia
Former independent territories
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Emblem of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1990–1997)
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Coat of arms of the self-proclaimed Republic of Crimea (2014)
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Emblem of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (2014–2022)
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Coat of arms of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (2014–2022)
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Coat of arms of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh (1992–2024)
References
- ^ a b c d e "Государственные гербы и флаги республик СССР". 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
- 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