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[edit]

Emblem is similar with the ASSRs' respective republic.

Autonomous Soviet Republic	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[edit]

Autonomous Soviet Republic	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		Coat of arms of Chechnya
		Industry		Coat of arms of Ingushetia
		Ornaments	flag of the Russian SFSR	Coat of arms of Ingushetia
Dagestan	1926	Plants		Coat of arms of Dagestan
		Landscapes, geographic features	Mount Bazardüzü
		Industry
		Ornaments

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

^ О государственном гербе и флаге.
^ Central State Archive of the Yakut ASSR 1972, p. 358
^ Central State Archive of the Yakut ASSR 1972, p. 358
^ Andrieş-Tabac 1998, pp. 116–119
^ Andrieş-Tabac 1998, pp. 116–119
^ Andrieş-Tabac 1998, pp. 116–119
^ Andrieş-Tabac 1998, pp. 116–119

Bibliography[edit]

Central State Archive of the Yakut ASSR (1972), "Всеякутские съезды Советов : документы и материалы. 1922-1937" [All-Yakut Congresses of the Soviets : documents and materials. 1922-1937], e.nlrs.ru (in Russian), Yakutsk: Yakutsk Book Publishing, retrieved November 11, 2018
Andrieş-Tabac, Silviu (1998), Heraldica teritorială a Basarabiei şi Transnistriei [Territorial heraldry of Bessarabia and Transnistria] (in Romanian), Chişinău: Museum

v t e Emblems of the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics
Russian SFSR	Bashkir ASSR Buryat ASSR Chechen–Ingush ASSR Chuvash ASSR Crimean ASSR (1921-1941; 1944-1945) Dagestan ASSR Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR Kalmyk ASSR Karelian ASSR Kazakh ASSR Kirghiz ASSR (1920-1925) Kirghiz ASSR (1926-1936) Komi ASSR Mari ASSR Mordovian ASSR Mountain ASSR North Ossetian ASSR Tatar ASSR Turkestan ASSR Tuvan ASSR Udmurt ASSR Volga German ASSR Yakut ASSR
Ukrainian SSR	Moldavian ASSR Crimean ASSR (1991-1992)
Uzbek SSR	Karakalpak ASSR Tajik ASSR
Georgian SSR	Abkhaz ASSR Adjarian ASSR
Azerbaijan SSR	Nakhichevan ASSR

Pre-Stalinist Emblems of the Autonomous Soviet Republics[edit]

Proposed Emblems[edit]

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

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