# Emblems of the Soviet Republics

The emblems of the constituent republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics all featured predominantly the hammer and sickle and the red star that symbolized 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 (except the Karelo-Finnish SSR with a wreath of rye). 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, emblems of many Soviet republics also included features that were characteristic of their local landscapes, economies or cultures.
The emblems are often called coats of arms, but since they (deliberately) did not follow the rules of heraldry, most of them cannot be considered coats of arms. However, they all did follow the same basic pattern, a pattern which sometimes has led to the use of the term "socialist heraldry".
The table below presents final versions of the renderings of the Soviet republics' emblems prior to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, as well as the arms of two 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, with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have present-day arms nearly identical to the Soviet one. Most European republics, on the other hand, reverted to their traditional pre-Soviet heraldic 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 emblem of the Moldavian SSR (see Coat of arms of Transnistria) and the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, controlling part of the Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine, created the similar emblem.

## Emblems of the Soviet Republics

| Republic | Main article | Republic-specific features | Republic-specific features | Present-day national coat of arms |
| Russian SFSR | Emblem of the Russian SFSR | Plants | wheat | Coat of arms of Russia |
| Russian SFSR | Emblem of the Russian SFSR | Landscapes, geographic features | | Coat of arms of Russia |
| Russian SFSR | Emblem of the Russian SFSR | Industry | | Coat of arms of Russia |
| Russian SFSR | Emblem of the Russian SFSR | Ornaments | Baroque cartouche | Coat of arms of Russia |
| Ukraine | Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR | Plants | wheat | Coat of arms of Ukraine |
| Ukraine | Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | | Coat of arms of Ukraine |
| Ukraine | Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR | Industry | | Coat of arms of Ukraine |
| Ukraine | Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR | Ornaments | Baroque cartouche | Coat of arms of Ukraine |
| Byelorussia | Emblem of the Byelorussian SSR | Plants | wheat, clover, flax | Emblem of Belarus |
| Byelorussia | Emblem of the Byelorussian SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | | Emblem of Belarus |
| Byelorussia | Emblem of the Byelorussian SSR | Industry | | Emblem of Belarus |
| Byelorussia | Emblem of the Byelorussian SSR | Ornaments | | Emblem of Belarus |
| Uzbekistan | Emblem of the Uzbek SSR | Plants | wheat, cotton | Emblem of Uzbekistan |
| Uzbekistan | Emblem of the Uzbek SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | | Emblem of Uzbekistan |
| Uzbekistan | Emblem of the Uzbek SSR | Industry | | Emblem of Uzbekistan |
| Uzbekistan | Emblem of the Uzbek SSR | Ornaments | | Emblem of Uzbekistan |
| Kazakhstan | Emblem of the Kazakh SSR | Plant | wheat | Emblem of Kazakhstan |
| Kazakhstan | Emblem of the Kazakh SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | | Emblem of Kazakhstan |
| Kazakhstan | Emblem of the Kazakh SSR | Industry | | Emblem of Kazakhstan |
| Kazakhstan | Emblem of the Kazakh SSR | Ornaments | | Emblem of Kazakhstan |
| Georgia | Emblem of the Georgian SSR | Plants | wheat, grapes | Coat of arms of Georgia |
| Georgia | Emblem of the Georgian SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | Caucasus Mountains | Coat of arms of Georgia |
| Georgia | Emblem of the Georgian SSR | Industry | | Coat of arms of Georgia |
| Georgia | Emblem of the Georgian SSR | Ornaments | Georgian ornament with a seven-pointed star from the pre-1921 Georgian coat of arms | Coat of arms of Georgia |
| Azerbaijan | Emblem of the Azerbaijan SSR | Plants | wheat, cotton | Emblem of Azerbaijan |
| Azerbaijan | Emblem of the Azerbaijan SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | Sun rising on Caspian Sea | Emblem of Azerbaijan |
| Azerbaijan | Emblem of the Azerbaijan SSR | Industry | oil drilling rig | Emblem of Azerbaijan |
| Azerbaijan | Emblem of the Azerbaijan SSR | Ornaments | | Emblem of Azerbaijan |
| Lithuania | Emblem of the Lithuanian SSR | Plants | wheat, oak | Coat of arms of Lithuania |
| Lithuania | Emblem of the Lithuanian SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | | Coat of arms of Lithuania |
| Lithuania | Emblem of the Lithuanian SSR | Industry | | Coat of arms of Lithuania |
| Lithuania | Emblem of the Lithuanian SSR | Ornaments | | Coat of arms of Lithuania |
| Moldavia | Emblem of the Moldavian SSR | Plants | wheat, maize, pears, grapes | Coat of arms of Moldova |
| Moldavia | Emblem of the Moldavian SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | | Coat of arms of Moldova |
| Moldavia | Emblem of the Moldavian SSR | Industry | | Coat of arms of Moldova |
| Moldavia | Emblem of the Moldavian SSR | Ornaments | | Coat of arms of Moldova |
| Latvia | Emblem of the Latvian SSR | Plants | wheat | Coat of arms of Latvia |
| Latvia | Emblem of the Latvian SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | Baltic Sea | Coat of arms of Latvia |
| Latvia | Emblem of the Latvian SSR | Industry | | Coat of arms of Latvia |
| Latvia | Emblem of the Latvian SSR | Ornaments | | Coat of arms of Latvia |
| Kirghizia | Emblem of the Kirghiz SSR | Plants | wheat, cotton | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan |
| Kirghizia | Emblem of the Kirghiz SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | Tian Shan Mountains | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan |
| Kirghizia | Emblem of the Kirghiz SSR | Industry | | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan |
| Kirghizia | Emblem of the Kirghiz SSR | Ornaments | Kyrgyz embroidery | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan |
| Tajikistan | Emblem of the Tajik SSR | Plants | wheat, cotton | Emblem of Tajikistan |
| Tajikistan | Emblem of the Tajik SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | | Emblem of Tajikistan |
| Tajikistan | Emblem of the Tajik SSR | Industry | | Emblem of Tajikistan |
| Tajikistan | Emblem of the Tajik SSR | Ornaments | | Emblem of Tajikistan |
| Armenia | Emblem of the Armenian SSR | Plants | wheat, grapes | Coat of arms of Armenia |
| Armenia | Emblem of the Armenian SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | Mount Ararat | Coat of arms of Armenia |
| Armenia | Emblem of the Armenian SSR | Industry | | Coat of arms of Armenia |
| Armenia | Emblem of the Armenian SSR | Ornaments | | Coat of arms of Armenia |
| Turkmenia | Emblem of the Turkmen SSR | Plants | wheat, cotton, grapes | Emblem of Turkmenistan |
| Turkmenia | Emblem of the Turkmen SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | Turkmen landscape | Emblem of Turkmenistan |
| Turkmenia | Emblem of the Turkmen SSR | Industry | oil drilling rig | Emblem of Turkmenistan |
| Turkmenia | Emblem of the Turkmen SSR | Ornaments | gillam detail from a Turkmen rug | Emblem of Turkmenistan |
| Estonia | Emblem of the Estonian SSR | Plants | rye, pine, spruce | Coat of arms of Estonia |
| Estonia | Emblem of the Estonian SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | | Coat of arms of Estonia |
| Estonia | Emblem of the Estonian SSR | Industry | | Coat of arms of Estonia |
| Estonia | Emblem of the Estonian SSR | Ornaments | | Coat of arms of Estonia |
| Republics that dissolved before 1991 ||||||
| Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940–1956) | Coat of arms of the Karelo-Finnish SSR | Plants | rye, pine | Coat of arms of Karelia (constituent entity of Russia) |
| Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940–1956) | Coat of arms of the Karelo-Finnish SSR | Landscapes, geographic features | Karelian landscape | Coat of arms of Karelia (constituent entity of Russia) |
| Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940–1956) | Coat of arms of the Karelo-Finnish SSR | Industry | | Coat of arms of Karelia (constituent entity of Russia) |
| Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940–1956) | Coat of arms of the Karelo-Finnish SSR | Ornaments | Karelian embroidery | Coat of arms of Karelia (constituent entity of Russia) |
| Transcaucasian SFSR (1922–1936) | Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR | Plants | Wheat, cotton, maize, rice, grapes | |
| Transcaucasian SFSR (1922–1936) | Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR | Landscapes, geographic features | Caucasus mountains | |
| Transcaucasian SFSR (1922–1936) | Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR | Industry | Factory, oil drilling rigs | |
| Transcaucasian SFSR (1922–1936) | Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR | Ornaments | | |

## Other emblems of the post-Soviet territories
### Current independent territories

* Emblem of the self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
* Emblem of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia
* Emblem of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia

### Former independent territories

* Emblem of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1990–1997)
* Coat of arms of the self-proclaimed Republic of Crimea (2014)
* Emblem of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (2014–2022)
* Coat of arms of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (2014–2022)
* Coat of arms of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh (1992–2024)