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File:USSR republics coat of arms (wide is my motherland background).webm USSR republics coat of arms display on USSR State Television , Template:Circa 1950s. The emblems of the constituent republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 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! 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.
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 ".
By the dissolution of the Soviet Union on 26 December 1991, only Belarus , Estonia , Georgia , Latvia , Lithuania , and Moldova had adopted new official arms, while the other ones retained the Soviet emblems until new ones were adopted in the years following.
Emblems of the Soviet Republics 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 Central 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.
Republic
Emblem
Main article
Republic-specific features
Present-day national
Russian SFSR
File:COA Russian SFSR.svg Emblem of the Russian SFSR
Plants
wheat
File:Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation.svg Coat of arms of Russia
Landscapes,
Industry
Ornaments
Baroque cartouche
Ukraine
File:Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR.svg Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR [ 1] Plants
wheat
File:Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine.svg Coat of arms of Ukraine
Landscapes,
Industry
Ornaments
Baroque cartouche
Byelorussia
File:Emblem of the Byelorussian SSR (1981-1991).svg Emblem of the Byelorussian SSR
Plants
wheat, clover , flax
File:Coat of arms of Belarus (2020).svg Emblem of Belarus
Landscapes,
Industry
Ornaments
Uzbekistan
File:Emblem of the Uzbek SSR.svg Emblem of the Uzbek SSR [ 1] Plants
wheat, cotton
File:Emblem of Uzbekistan.svg Emblem of Uzbekistan
Landscapes,
Industry
Ornaments
Kazakhstan
File:Emblem of Kazakh SSR.svg Emblem of the Kazakh SSR [ 2] Plant
wheat
File:Emblem of Kazakhstan latin.svg Emblem of Kazakhstan
Landscapes,
Industry
Ornaments
Georgia
File:Emblem of the Georgian SSR.svg Emblem of the Georgian SSR
Plants
wheat, grapes
File:Greater coat of arms of Georgia.svg Coat of arms of Georgia
Landscapes,
Caucasus Mountains
Industry
Ornaments
Georgian ornament with a seven-pointed star from the pre-1921 Georgian coat of arms
Azerbaijan
File:Emblem of the Azerbaijan SSR.svg Emblem of the Azerbaijan SSR [ 3] Plants
wheat, cotton
File:Emblem of Azerbaijan.svg Emblem of Azerbaijan
Landscapes,
Sun rising on Caspian Sea
Industry
oil drilling rig
Ornaments
Lithuania
File:Emblem of the Lithuanian SSR.svg Emblem of the Lithuanian SSR [ 1] Plants
wheat, oak
File:Coat of arms of Lithuania.svg Coat of arms of Lithuania
Landscapes,
Industry
Ornaments
Moldavia
File:Emblem of the Moldavian SSR (1981-1990).svg Emblem of the Moldavian SSR [ 1] Plants
wheat, maize , pears , grapes
File:Coat of arms of Moldova.svg Coat of arms of Moldova
Landscapes,
Industry
Ornaments
Latvia
File:Emblem of the Latvian SSR.svg Emblem of the Latvian SSR
Plants
wheat
File:Coat of arms of Latvia.svg Coat of arms of Latvia
Landscapes,
Baltic Sea
Industry
Ornaments
Kirghizia
File:Emblem of the Kirghiz SSR.svg Emblem of the Kirghiz SSR
Plants
wheat, cotton
File:Emblem of Kyrgyzstan.svg Emblem of Kyrgyzstan
Landscapes,
Tian Shan Mountains
Industry
Ornaments
Kyrgyz embroidery
Tajikistan
File:Emblem of the Tajik SSR.svg Emblem of the Tajik SSR [ 1] Plants
wheat, cotton
File:Emblem of Tajikistan.svg Emblem of Tajikistan
Landscapes,
Industry
Ornaments
Armenia
File:Emblem of the Armenian SSR.png Emblem of the Armenian SSR
Plants
wheat, grapes
File:Coat of arms of Armenia.svg Coat of arms of Armenia
Landscapes,
Mount Ararat [ 4]
Industry
Ornaments
Turkmenia
File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR.svg Emblem of the Turkmen SSR
Plants
wheat, cotton , grapes
File:Emblem of Turkmenistan.svg Emblem of Turkmenistan
Landscapes,
Turkmen landscape
Industry
oil drilling rig
Ornaments
gillam detail from a Turkmen rug
Estonia
File:Emblem of the Estonian SSR.svg Emblem of the Estonian SSR [ 5] Plants
rye , pine , spruce
File:Coat of arms of Estonia.svg Coat of arms of Estonia
Landscapes,
Industry
Ornaments
Republics that dissolved before 1991
Karelo-Finnish SSR File:Emblem of the Karelo-Finnish SSR.svg Coat of arms of the Karelo-Finnish SSR
Plants
rye , pine
File:Coat of arms of the Republic of Karelia.svg Coat of arms of Karelia Russia )
Landscapes,
Karelian landscape
Industry
Ornaments
Karelian embroidery
Transcaucasian SFSR File:Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR (1930-1936).svg Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR
Plants
Wheat, cotton, maize, rice, grapes
Landscapes,
Caucasus mountains
Industry
Factory, oil drilling rigs
Ornaments
Derived designs The secessionist Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria), internationally recognised as part of Moldova , uses an emblem based on the emblem of the Moldavian SSR .
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