State Emblem of the Soviet Union

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The State Emblem of the Soviet Union was the official symbol of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics adopted in 1923 and used until the dissolution of the state in 1991. In Russian, it is classified as a герб (gerb), the word used for a coat of arms. However, in Western heraldic rules, it is technically an emblem, as it does not follow the specific rules for coats of arms; nevertheless, it was intended as equivalent in prestige. The coat of arms was recorded in Article 143 of the 1936 Constitution of the USSR. The emblem contains an image of a hammer and sickle on the background of the terrestrial globe, in the rays of the sun and surrounded by ears of grain (wheat), in a red ribbon with the inscription in the languages of the union republics "Proletarians of all countries, unite!" In the upper part of the coat of arms is a five-pointed red star with a yellow border. It was the first (apart from the earlier created emblems of the constituent republics) state insignia created in the...

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