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{{Infobox Coat of arms
|name             = State emblem of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
|image            = Coat of arms of Transnistria.svg
|image_width      = 200px
|middle           =Coat of arms of Pridnestrovie (variant).svg 
|middle_width     = 150px
|middle_caption   =Using initials 
|lesser           =
|lesser_width     =
|lesser_caption   =
|armiger          = [[Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic]]
|year_adopted     ={{ubl|2 September 1991 (''de facto'')|18 July 2000 (''de jure'')}}
|crest            = [[Red star]]
|torse            = 
|shield           = [[hammer and sickle]], [[Sunrise|Rising sun]] above the [[Dniester]] river
|supporters       = [[Wheat]], [[maize|corn]], [[grape]] and [[fruit]]
|compartment      =
|motto            = {{langx|ru|Приднестровская Молдавская Республика}}<br>{{langx|ro|Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ|italics=no}} (in [[Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet|Moldovan Cyrillic]])<br>{{langx|uk|Придністровська Молдавська Республіка}}
|orders           =
|other_elements   = [[Red star]], [[sunrise|rising sun]]
|earlier_versions =[[File:Coat of arms of Transnistria (variant).svg|100px]] 
|use              =
}}

[[Transnistria]], a breakaway state internationally recognised as part of [[Moldova]], has a state emblem, adopted officially on 18 July 2000 alongside the [[Flag of Transnistria|state flag]].<ref name="State Symbols Law 2000">{{cite web |script-title=ru:О государственной символике Приднестровской Молдавской Республики (Текущая редакция по состоянию на 16 марта 2005 года) |trans-title=On the State Symbols of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (current version as of 16 March 2005) |date=16 March 2005 |url=https://www.ulpmr.ru/ul/show/7LwX4PkULL1eZlALpNt6ivo8a9mbGReEavPY |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=PMR Ministry of Justice Archives |publisher=[[Government of Transnistria]] |language=ru |ref={{harvid|State Symbols Law of the PMR|2005}}}}</ref> It constitutes a remodeled version of the [[Emblem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic|former Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic's emblem]], which was replaced by the internationally recognized [[Moldova]]n government after the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] in 1991. The only major pictorial change made in the Transnistrian version involves the addition of waves, representing the River [[Dniester]]. However, the inscriptions on the banner were changed: unlike the Moldavian SSR emblem, which bore the acronym РССМ (for "Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic") and the USSR state slogan "[[Workers of the world, unite!]]" in the "[[Moldovan language|Moldavian]]" ([[Romanian language|Romanian]] in [[Moldovan Cyrillic]]) and [[Russian language|Russian]] languages, the Transnistrian emblem bears the name PRIDNESTROVIAN MOLDAVIAN REPUBLIC in the Russian, Romanian and [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] languages. 

* In [[Russian language|Russian]], it reads "{{lang|ru|ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКАЯ МОЛДАВСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА}}" (transliterated as {{lang|ru-Latn|Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika}}) to the left;
* In [[Romanian language|Romanian]] ([[Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet|Moldovan Cyrillic]]), it reads "{{lang|ro|РЕПУБЛИКА МОЛДОВЕНЯСКЭ НИСТРЯНЭ}}" (transliterated as {{lang|ro|Republica Moldovenească Nistreană}}) in the middle;
* In [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], it reads "{{lang|uk|ПРИДНІСТРОВСЬКА МОЛДАВСЬКА РЕСПУБЛІКА}}" (transliterated as {{lang|uk-Latn|Prydnistrovs'ka Moldavs'ka Respublika}}) to the right.

Despite the emblem's depiction of the [[hammer and sickle]], [[Transnistria]] is not a [[socialist state]]. The current president of Transnistria, [[Vadim Krasnoselsky]], who identifies himself as a [[Monarchism|monarchist]], has stated that he considers the Soviet symbolism in the emblems of his country to be "irrelevant".<ref>{{Cite news |title=The official website of the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic reported that the working week of the Head of the State began with a teleconference meeting - News |url=http://gos-pmr.ru/press-sluzhba/novosti/selektornoe.html}}</ref><gallery>
File:Emblem of the Moldavian SSR (1981-1990).svg|[[Emblem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic|Emblem of the Moldavian SSR]]; the Transnistrian emblem is based on it
File:Flag of Transnistria Republic.jpg|A road signboard with [[Flag of Transnistria|civil flag of Transnistria]] that superimposed with simplified version of the national emblem
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== Other emblems ==
The law which formally established the [[Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester]] contains provisions for the region to adopt its own symbols.<ref>{{In lang|ro|cap=yes}} [http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=313004&lang=1 Law No. 173 from 22.07.2005 "About main notes about special legal status of settlements of left bank of Dnestr (Transnistria)"]</ref> The region has not currently adopted a distinctive emblem therefore the [[coat of arms of Moldova]] are used for official purposes.<ref>https://eubam.org/newsroom/head-of-eubam-meets-with-deputy-prime-minister-for-reintegration/</ref>
<gallery>
File:Coat of arms of Moldova.svg|[[Coat of arms of Moldova]]
File:Bureau of Reintegration logo.png|Emblem of the Bureau of Reintegration
File:Emblem of Transnistria Governorate color.svg|Emblem of the [[Transnistria Governorate]] (1941–1944)
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== See also ==
* [[Coat of arms of Tiraspol]]
* [[Coat of arms of Gagauzia]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Coats of arms of Transnistria}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091130024336/http://pridnestrovie.net/pmr-coatofarms.html Emblem of Transnistria]

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[[Category:Coats of arms with the hammer and sickle|Transnistria]]
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[[Category:Coats of arms with grapes|Transnistria]]
[[Category:Coats of arms with maize|Transnistria]]
[[Category:Coats of arms with fruit|Transnistria]]
[[Category:Neo-Sovietism|Transnistria]]

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