Emblems of the Autonomous Soviet Republics

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The emblems of the autonomous republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are the heraldic symbols of the respective Autonomous Soviet Republic.

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Prior to the approval of the Stalinist Constitution, which created many ASSRs, many ASSRs in that time had a distinctive emblem. The emblem of the ASSRs are usually round in shape. The emblem featured predominantly the hammer and sickle and the red star that symbolised communism. The USSR State motto, Workers of the world, unite! , in both the republic's language and some 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. All ASSRs emblems created during the korenizatsiya era usually included national patterns. The exception to this was the Bashkir ASSR, Crimean ASSR, and Moldavian ASSR, which used the emblem similar to their respective republics. A distinctive emblem was proposed in 1925, but it failed to gain official status.

After the approval of the constitution, many ASSRs changed their emblems according to their respective republic. The emblems of the ASSR were the same as the previous emblems, with only additions in inscription.

The table below presents versions of the renderings of the ASSRs' emblems prior to the approval of the Stalinist Constitution, as well as the arms of several ASSRs that ceased to exist before that time. For comparison, the arms of present-day successor states of the ASSRs are also shown.

All ASSRs ended the usage of their pre-Stalinist emblems in 1937. This is caused due to the fact that the Stalinist Constitution of the ASSRs were adopted in 1937, about one until three months after the adoption of the Stalinist Constitution of the USSR, which occurred in 5 December 1936.

Pre-Stalinist Emblems of the Autonomous Soviet Republics

  Emblem is similar with the ASSRs' respective republic.
Autonomous Soviet RepublicEmblemMain ArticleUsageRepublic-specific featuresPresent-day national
coat of arms
Adjara Adzar22.gif Emblem of the Adjar ASSR 1922-1937Plantswheat, grapes Coat of arms of Adjara.svg
Coat of arms of Adjara
Landscapes,
geographic features
Caucasus Mountains
Industry
Ornaments Star and crescent
Bashkortostan Gerb Avtonomnoi Bashkirskoi SSR v 1925-1937 gg.jpg Emblem of the Bashkir ASSR 1925-1937Plantswheat Coat of Arms of Bashkortostan.svg
Coat of arms of Bashkortostan
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Baroque cartouche
Chuvash Coat of arms of Chuvash ASSR 1927.jpg Emblem of the Chuvash ASSR 1927-1931Plantswheat Coat of Arms of Chuvashia.svg
Coat of arms of Chuvashia
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry gear
Ornaments Chuvash traditional ornaments
Coat of arms of Chuvash ASSR 1931.jpg 1931-1937Plantswheat, oak, spruce
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Chuvash traditional ornaments
Coat of Arms of Chuvash ASSR (1937-1978).png 1937-1978Plantswheat, oak, spruce
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Chuvash traditional ornaments
Coat of Arms of Chuvash ASSR.png 1978-1992Plantwheat, oak, fir
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Chuvash traditional ornaments
Dagestan COA Dagestan ASSR (1921-1927).png Emblem of the Dagestan ASSR 1921-1927Plantswheat Coat of Arms of Dagestan.svg
Coat of arms of Dagestan
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Baroque cartouche
Coats of arms of None.svg 1927-1937Plants vine, maize, wheat
Landscapes,
geographic features
Mount Bazardüzü
Industrygear
Ornaments
Mordovia Coat of arms of the Mordovian ASSR (1934-1937).jpg Emblem of the Mordovian ASSR 1934-1937Plantswheat, spruce, hemp [1] Coat of Arms of Mordovia.svg
Coat of arms of Mordovia
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments
Tatarstan Emblem of the Tatar ASSR (1920-1926).jpg Emblem of the Tatar ASSR 1920-1926Plantswheat, leaves Coat of Arms of Tatarstan.svg
Coat of arms of Tatarstan
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industryfarming tools, peasant, worker
Ornaments Bow and arrow
Coat of arms of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1920-1956).svg 1926-1937Plantswheat
Landscapes,

geographic features

Industry
Ornaments Baroque cartouche
Volga German Coat of arms of Volga German ASSR.svg Emblem of the Volga German ASSR 1926-1937Plants
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments
Yakutia Coats of arms of None.svg Emblem of the Yakut ASSR 1926-1937Plantswheat [2] Coat of Arms of Sakha (Yakutia).svg
Coat of arms of Yakutia
Landscapes,
geographic features
Lena River, Aurora [3]
Industry
Ornaments
Autonomous Republics that dissolved before 1991
Crimea CrimASSR Coat of Arms 1921-1928.svg Emblem of the Crimean ASSR 1921-1938Plantswheat Emblem of Crimea.svg

Coat of arms of Crimea

Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Baroque cartouche
Kazakhstan Coat of arms of the Kirghiz ASSR (1921-1925).gif Emblem of the Kazakh ASSR 1925-1927Plantswheat
Emblem of Kazakhstan latin.svg
Emblem of Kazakhstan
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Baroque cartouche
Coat of Arms of the Kazakh ASSR (1927-1937).gif 1927-1937Plantswheat, cotton
Landscapes,
geographic features
goats, horses, horsemen
IndustryFactory
Ornaments Star and crescent
Kyrgyzstan Coats of arms of None.svg Emblem of the Kirghiz ASSR 1927-1936Plantswheat
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments
Moldova Coats of arms of None.svg Emblem of the Moldavian ASSR 1925-1929Plantsmaize, grapes [4] Coat of arms of Moldova.svg
Coat of arms of Moldova
Landscapes,
geographic features
Dniester River, Map of Moldavian ASSR [5]
Industry
Ornaments
Emblem of the Moldavian ASSR (1929-1938).svg 1929-1938Plantswheat [6]
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Baroque cartouche [7]
Tajikistan Coat of Arms of Tajik ASSR 1924-04.1929.svg Emblem of the Tajik ASSR 1924-1929Plantswheat, cotton Emblem of Tajikistan.svg
Emblem of Tajikistan
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments
Coat of Arms of Tajik ASSR 04.1929-24.02.1931.svg 1929-1931Plantswheat, cotton
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments
Turkestan Emblem of the Turkestan ASSR.svg Emblem of the Turkestan ASSR Plantswheat
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Baroque cartouche

Proposed Emblems

Autonomous Soviet RepublicEmblemProposed inRepublic-specific featuresPresent-day national
coat of arms
Bashkortostan Proposed Emblem of the Bashkir ASSR 01.jpg 1925Plantswheat, maize Coat of Arms of Bashkortostan.svg
Coat of arms of Bashkortostan
Landscapes,
geographic features
Mount Yamantau
IndustryFactories, cities
Proposed Emblem of the Bashkir ASSR 02.jpg Ornaments
Proposed Emblem of the Bashkir ASSR 03.jpg Others Salawat Yulayev
Chechen-Ingushetia Project Emblem of Chechen Ingush ASSR.svg unknown (probably 1970s)Animals cranes Coat of arms of Chechnya.svg
Coat of arms of Chechnya
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry Coat of Arms of Ingushetia.svg
Coat of arms of Ingushetia
Ornaments flag of the Russian SFSR
Dagestan Coats of arms of None.svg 1926Plants Coat of Arms of Dagestan.svg
Coat of arms of Dagestan
Landscapes,
geographic features
Mount Bazardüzü
Industry
Ornaments

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Citations

  1. О государственном гербе и флаге.
  2. Central State Archive of the Yakut ASSR 1972 , p. 358
  3. Central State Archive of the Yakut ASSR 1972 , p. 358
  4. Andrieş-Tabac 1998 , pp. 116–119
  5. Andrieş-Tabac 1998 , pp. 116–119
  6. Andrieş-Tabac 1998 , pp. 116–119
  7. Andrieş-Tabac 1998 , pp. 116–119

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