Coats of arms of the Soviet Republics
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The coats of arms of the Soviet Socialist Republics all featured predominantly the hammer and sickle and the red star that symbolised communism, a rising sun (although, since the Baltic Sea is west of Latvia, it could be interpreted as a setting sun), surrounded by a wreath of wheat and sometimes also other agricultural products or typical plants of the republic. They all had the USSR State motto in both the republic's language and Russian.
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Final versions prior to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991
 Russian SFSR |
 Ukrainian SSR |
 Byelorussian SSR |
 Uzbek SSR |
 Kazakh SSR |
 Georgian SSR |
 Azerbaijan SSR |
 Lithuanian SSR |
 Moldavian SSR |
 Latvian SSR |
 Kyrgyz SSR |
 Tajik SSR |
 Armenian SSR |
 Turkmen SSR |
 Estonian SSR |
Republics that dissolved before 1991
 Abkhazian SSR, 1921-1931 |
 Transcaucasian SFSR, 1922-1936 |
 Karelo-Finnish SSR, 1940-1956 |
[edit] Republic-specific features
In addition to repetitive motifs, such as the hammer and sickle, the red star or wreaths of wheat, coats of arms of many Soviet republics included also some features that were characteristic of their local landscapes, economies or cultures.
| Republic | Plants (other than wheat) |
Landscapes, geographic features |
Industry | Ornaments |
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| Armenian SSR | grapes | Mount Ararat | ||
| Azerbaijan SSR | cotton | Caspian Sea | oil drilling rig | |
| Byelorussian SSR | clover, flax | |||
| Estonian SSR | pine | |||
| Georgian SSR | grapes | Caucasus Mountains | Georgian ornament with a seven-pointed star from the pre-1921 Georgian coat of arms | |
| Kazakh SSR | ||||
| Kyrgyz SSR | cotton | mountains | Kyrgyz embroidery | |
| Latvian SSR | Baltic Sea | |||
| Lithuanian SSR | oak | |||
| Moldavian SSR | maize, pears, grapes | |||
| Russian SFSR | Baroque cartouche | |||
| Tajik SSR | cotton | |||
| Turkmen SSR | cotton, grapes | oil drilling rig | Turkmen rug | |
| Ukrainian SSR | Baroque cartouche | |||
| Uzbek SSR | cotton | |||
| Republics that dissolved before 1991 | ||||
| Abkhazian SSR | Black sea, Caucasus Mountains | |||
| Karelo-Finnish SSR | pine | Karelian landscape | Karelian embroidery | |
| Transcaucasian SFSR | Mount Ararat (symbolising Armenia) | Crescent (symbolising Azerbaijan), Georgian ornament (symbolising Georgia) | ||
[edit] Modern coats of arms
Nowadays the former Soviet Union territories that use modified versions of their original Soviet coat of arms are the unrecognized republic of Transnistria (former region of Moldavian SSR), Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Belarus.
[edit] See also
| Coats of Arms of the Soviet Union and Soviet Republics | |
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Coat of arms of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Armenian SSR | Azerbaijan SSR | Byelorussian SSR | Estonian SSR | Georgian SSR | Kazakh SSR | Kyrgyz SSR | |
| Arms of short-lived Soviet republics | Abkhazian SSR (1921-1931) | Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940-1956) | Transcaucasian SFSR (1922-1936) |
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