Emblem of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic

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Emblem of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR (1930-1936).svg
Armiger Flag of Transcaucasian SFSR (1925-1936).svg Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Adopted1923
Blazon Baroque shield with hammer and sickle
Other elements Red star, rising sun, Caucasus mountains backdrop, factory, oil drilling rigs, wheat, cotton, maize, rice, grapes
Earlier version(s) Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR (1924-1930).svg Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR (1923-1924).svg Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR (1922-1924).svg

The Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR was adopted by the government of the Transcaucasian SFSR. The final version was adopted in 1930.

The emblem is based loosely on the state emblem of the Soviet Union. It incorporates designs from each of the three major groups that combined in the Transcaucasian SFSR, the Armenians, Azeri and Georgians, and unusually features Islamic art and communist elements side by side. The latticework in the star itself bespeaks the former coat of arms of Georgia from 1918 to 1921 and adopted again from 1991 to 2004; the crescent represents the Muslim Azeris, on a background depicting the national symbol of the Armenians, Mount Ararat. The rising sun stands for the future, the star as well as the hammer and sickle for the victory of communism and the "world-wide socialist community of states".

In 1936, the republic was dissolved and the three regions became the Georgian, Armenian, and Azerbaijan SSR respectively.

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