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State Emblem o the Soviet Union

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The State Emblem o the Soviet Union (Roushie: Государственный герб СССР Gosudarstvennyiy gerb SSSR[1]) wis adoptit in 1923 an wis uised till the dissolution o the Soviet Union in 1991. Although it technically is an emblem rather than a coat o airms, syne it does no follae heraldic rules, in Roushie it is cried герб (transliteration: gerb), the wird uised for a traditional coat o airms.

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The state emblem shows the traditional Soviet emblems o the hammer an sickle an the Red Starn ower a globe, an twa wreaths o wheat covered bi the USSR State motto ("Wirkers o the Wirld, Unite!") in the offeecial leids o the Soviet Republics, in the reverse order they wur mentioned in the Constitution o the Soviet Union.

Each Soviet Republic (SSR) an Autonomous Soviet Republic (ASSR) haed its awn coat o airms, lairgely inspired bi the state emblem o the Union.

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References

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  1. Ukrainian: Державний герб СРСР; Belaroushie: Дзяржаўны герб СССР; Kazakh: ССРО мемлекеттік елтаңбасы; Lithuanie: TSRS Valstybinis herbas; Latvie: PSRS valsts ģerbonis; Estonie: NSVL riigivapp