Emblems of the Autonomous Soviet Republics

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

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

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  Emblem is similar with the ASSRs' respective republic.
Autonomous Soviet Republic Emblem Main Article Usage Republic-specific features Present-day national
coat of arms
Adjara   Emblem of the Adjar ASSR 1922-1937 Plants wheat, grapes  
Coat of arms of Adjara
Landscapes,
geographic features
Caucasus Mountains
Industry
Ornaments Star and crescent
Bashkortostan   Emblem of the Bashkir ASSR 1925-1937 Plants wheat  
Coat of arms of Bashkortostan
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Baroque cartouche
Chuvash   Emblem of the Chuvash ASSR 1927-1931 Plants wheat  
Coat of arms of Chuvashia
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry gear
Ornaments Chuvash traditional ornaments
  1931-1937 Plants wheat, oak, spruce
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Chuvash traditional ornaments
  1937-1978 Plants wheat, oak, spruce
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Chuvash traditional ornaments
  1978-1992 Plant wheat, oak, fir
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Chuvash traditional ornaments
Dagestan   Emblem of the Dagestan ASSR 1921-1927 Plants wheat  
Coat of arms of Dagestan
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Baroque cartouche
  1927-1937 Plants vine, maize, wheat
Landscapes,
geographic features
Mount Bazardüzü
Industry gear
Ornaments
Mordovia   Emblem of the Mordovian ASSR 1934-1937 Plants wheat, spruce, hemp[1]  
Coat of arms of Mordovia
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments
Tatarstan   Emblem of the Tatar ASSR 1920-1926 Plants wheat, leaves  
Coat of arms of Tatarstan
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry farming tools, peasant, worker
Ornaments Bow and arrow
  1926-1937 Plants wheat
Landscapes,

geographic features

Industry
Ornaments Baroque cartouche
Volga German   Emblem of the Volga German ASSR 1926-1937 Plants
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments
Yakutia   Emblem of the Yakut ASSR 1926-1937 Plants wheat[2]  
Coat of arms of Yakutia
Landscapes,
geographic features
Lena River, Aurora[3]
Industry
Ornaments
Autonomous Republics that dissolved before 1991
Crimea   Emblem of the Crimean ASSR 1921-1938 Plants wheat  

Coat of arms of Crimea

Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Baroque cartouche
Kazakhstan   Emblem of the Kazakh ASSR 1925-1927 Plants wheat
 
Emblem of Kazakhstan
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Baroque cartouche
  1927-1937 Plants wheat, cotton
Landscapes,
geographic features
goats, horses, horsemen
Industry Factory
Ornaments Star and crescent
Kyrgyzstan   Emblem of the Kirghiz ASSR 1927-1936 Plants wheat
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments
Moldova   Emblem of the Moldavian ASSR 1925-1929 Plants maize, grapes[4]  
Coat of arms of Moldova
Landscapes,
geographic features
Dniester River, Map of Moldavian ASSR[5]
Industry
Ornaments
  1929-1938 Plants wheat[6]
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Baroque cartouche[7]
Tajikistan   Emblem of the Tajik ASSR 1924-1929 Plants wheat, cotton  
Emblem of Tajikistan
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments
  1929-1931 Plants wheat, cotton
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments
Turkestan   Emblem of the Turkestan ASSR Plants wheat
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry
Ornaments Baroque cartouche

Proposed Emblems

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Autonomous Soviet Republic Emblem Proposed in Republic-specific features Present-day national
coat of arms
Bashkortostan   1925 Plants wheat, maize  
Coat of arms of Bashkortostan
Landscapes,
geographic features
Mount Yamantau
Industry Factories, cities
  Ornaments
  Others Salawat Yulayev
Chechen-Ingushetia   unknown (probably 1970s) Animals cranes  
Coat of arms of Chechnya
Landscapes,
geographic features
Industry  
Coat of arms of Ingushetia
Ornaments flag of the Russian SFSR
Dagestan   1926 Plants  
Coat of arms of Dagestan
Landscapes,
geographic features
Mount Bazardüzü
Industry
Ornaments

References

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Citations

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  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

Bibliography

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See also

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