Coats of arms of the Soviet Republics

The coats of arms of the constituent republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics all featured predominantly the hammer and sickle and the red star that symbolised communism, as well as a rising sun (although in the case of the Latvian SSR, since the Baltic Sea is west of Latvia, it could be interpreted as a setting sun), surrounded by a wreath of wheat. The USSR State motto, Workers of the world, unite!, in both the republic's language and Russian was also placed on each one of them. In addition to those repetitive motifs, coats of arms of many Soviet republics included also features that were characteristic of their local landscapes, economies or cultures.

The table below presents final versions of the renderings of the Soviet republics' coats of arms prior to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, as well as the arms of three republics that ceased to exist before that time. For comparison, national arms of present day successor states of the Soviet republics are also shown. As can be seen, most Asian post-Soviet republics use arms based on or reminiscent of the Soviet-era emblems. Most European republics, on the other hand, reverted to their traditional pre-Soviet arms. Belarus used the traditional Pahonia as its coat of arms from 1991 to 1995 when it was replaced by a new emblem closely resembling the Soviet-era design. Additionally, the secessionist Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria), internationally recognised as part of Moldova, uses an emblem based on the coat of arms of the Moldavian SSR (see Coat of arms of Transnistria).

Republic	Emblem	Main article	Republic-specific features		Present-day national coat of arms
Armenian SSR		Coat of arms of the Armenian SSR	Plants (other than wheat)	grapes	Coat of arms of Armenia
			Landscapes, geographic features	Mount Ararat
			Industry
			Ornaments
Azerbaijan SSR		Coat of arms of the Azerbaijan SSR	Plants (other than wheat)	cotton	Coat of arms of Azerbaijan
			Landscapes, geographic features	Caspian Sea
			Industry	oil drilling rig
			Ornaments
Byelorussian SSR		Coat of arms of the Byelorussian SSR	Plants (other than wheat)	clover, flax	Coat of arms of Belarus
			Landscapes, geographic features
			Industry
			Ornaments
Estonian SSR		Coat of arms of the Estonian SSR	Plants (other than wheat)	pine	Coat of arms of Estonia
			Landscapes, geographic features
			Industry
			Ornaments
Georgian SSR		Coat of arms of the Georgian SSR	Plants (other than wheat)	grapes	Coat of arms of Georgia
			Landscapes, geographic features	Caucasus Mountains
			Industry
			Ornaments	Georgian ornament with a seven-pointed star from the pre-1921 Georgian coat of arms
Kazakh SSR		Coat of arms of the Kazakh SSR	Plants (other than wheat)		Coat of arms of Kazakhstan
			Landscapes, geographic features
			Industry
			Ornaments
Kyrgyz SSR		Coat of arms of the Kyrgyz SSR	Plants (other than wheat)	cotton	Coat of arms of Kyrgyzstan
			Landscapes, geographic features	Tian Shan Mountains
			Industry
			Ornaments	Kyrgyz embroidery
Latvian SSR		Coat of arms of the Latvian SSR	Plants (other than wheat)		Coat of arms of Latvia
			Landscapes, geographic features	Baltic Sea
			Industry
			Ornaments
Lithuanian SSR		Coat of arms of the Lithuanian SSR	Plants (other than wheat)	oak	Coat of arms of Lithuania
			Landscapes, geographic features
			Industry
			Ornaments
Moldavian SSR		Coat of arms of the Moldavian SSR	Plants (other than wheat)	maize, pears, grapes	Coat of arms of Moldova
			Landscapes, geographic features
			Industry
			Ornaments
Russian SFSR		Coat of arms of the Russian SFSR	Plants (other than wheat)		Coat of arms of the Russian Federation
			Landscapes, geographic features
			Industry
			Ornaments	Baroque cartouche
Tajik SSR		Coat of arms of the Tajik SSR	Plants (other than wheat)	cotton	Coat of arms of Tajikistan
			Landscapes, geographic features
			Industry
			Ornaments
Turkmen SSR		Coat of arms of the Turkmen SSR	Plants (other than wheat)	cotton, grapes	Coat of arms of Turkmenistan
			Landscapes, geographic features
			Industry	oil drilling rig
			Ornaments	gillam detail from a Turkmen rug
Ukrainian SSR		Coat of arms of the Ukrainian SSR	Plants (other than wheat)		Coat of arms of Ukraine
			Landscapes, geographic features
			Industry
			Ornaments	Baroque cartouche
Uzbek SSR		Coat of arms of the Uzbek SSR	Plants (other than wheat)	cotton	Coat of arms of Uzbekistan
			Landscapes, geographic features
			Industry
			Ornaments
Republics that dissolved before 1991
Abkhazian SSR (1921-1931)		Coat of arms of the Abkhazian SSR	Plants (other than wheat)		Coat of arms of Abkhazia (autonomous part of Georgia; de facto independent)
			Landscapes, geographic features	Black Sea, Caucasus Mountains
			Industry
			Ornaments
Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940-1956)		Coat of arms of the Karelo-Finnish SSR	Plants (other than wheat)	pine	Coat of arms of Karelia (autonomous part of Russia)
			Landscapes, geographic features	Karelian landscape
			Industry
			Ornaments	Karelian embroidery
Transcaucasian SFSR (1922-1936)		Coat of arms of the Transcaucasian SFSR	Plants (other than wheat)
			Landscapes, geographic features	Mount Ararat (symbolising Armenia)
			Industry
			Ornaments	Crescent (symbolising Azerbaijan), Georgian ornament (symbolising Georgia)

See also

• Flags of the Soviet Republics
• Coats of arms of the Yugoslav Socialist Republics

Coats of Arms of the Soviet Union and Soviet Republics
Coat of arms of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Armenian SSR  · Azerbaijan SSR  · Byelorussian SSR  · Estonian SSR  · Georgian SSR  · Kazakh SSR  · Kyrgyz SSR  · Latvian SSR  · Lithuanian SSR  · Moldavian SSR  · Russian SFSR  · Tajik SSR  · Turkmen SSR  · Ukrainian SSR  · Uzbek SSR
Short-lived republics	Abkhazian SSR (1921-1931)  · Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940-1956)  · Transcaucasian SFSR (1922-1936)

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