Coat of arms of the Republic of Karelia

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Tierced per fess Gules, Azure and Vert. A bear rampant Sable langued and armed Gules. Coat of arms of the Republic of Karelia.svg
Tierced per fess Gules, Azure and Vert. A bear rampant Sable langued and armed Gules.

The coat of arms of the Russian Republic of Karelia is crossed in three equal parts with the colors of the flag of Karelia on a shield with a profile of a rampant black bear. The golden frame of the shield comes into stylized image of a fir tree on the left and a pine tree on the right. In the upper part of the shield there is an octagonal star (doubled cross) of gold. The arms were created by Yu. S. Nivin.

The current coat of arms of Karelia has much resemblance with the coat of arms of the independent Republic of Uhtua, the national symbol of East Karelia created by Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela. The main difference is that the bear was holding a billhook. The shield had the traditional Varangian colours and there were polar lights above of shield. [1]

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  1. "Coats of arms of Karelia".

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