| Coat of arms of the Omsk Oblast | |
|---|---|
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| Armiger | Omsk Oblast |
| Adopted | 2020 |
| Shield | On a red field there is a silver cross defaced with a wavy blue pallet, and over both in the middle is a contour of a five-bastioned fortress in red, with one bastion pointing up. |
| Order(s) | Order of Lenin |
The coat of arms of Omsk Oblast in Russia were adopted 29 April 2020 by Governor Alexander Burkov. [1] [2]
The official heraldic description reads as follows: [1]
On a red field there is a silver cross defaced with a wavy blue pallet, and over both in the middle is a contour of a five-bastioned fortress in red, with one bastion pointing up. The shield is crowned with an ancient royal crown and surrounded by the ribbon of the Order of Lenin.
The old version of the arms, adopted 29 May 2003, had a gold cross on white instead. [3] The cross sits between a semy of triangles. Its authors were Igor Vahitov, Albert Karimov and Oleg Nikitin.
The symbolism was described as follows:
In 2019, a working group was established to produce a more heraldic replacement to the old design, which did not comply with the regulations of the State Heraldic Register of the Russian Federation. According to local heraldist Yevgeny Gruzdov, the new design was based on "the existing coat of arms, we do not create a new coat of arms, this is fundamentally important. We just bring it into line with federal heraldic requirements". [4]
Inspirations of the design included the former arms of subdivisions during the Russian Empire, and the provincial flag. After consultation, it was approved on April 23, 2020 by the Legislative Assembly and brought into law by Governor Alexander Burkov on April 29. The old arms can remain in use until January 1, 2030.
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