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The artist whose sketches interested the commission was Vasily Korzun. He did not work at Goznak, but it was Korzun's idea that became the basis of the emblem. On the basis of the order, the artist prepared several projects based on the idea of "a hammer and sickle hovering over the globe". The idea
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Karelian ASSR and a part of the Russian SFSR, and soon this was reflected on the USSR state emblem. By a decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on 12 September 1956, the ribbon bearing the USSR State Motto in Finnish was
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on 26 June 1946, all 16 constituent republics were represented on the emblem. The USSR State Motto was inscribed on 16 ribbons in 16 languages. Inscriptions in
Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek languages were updated due to the transfer from
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Vladimir
Adrianov. The globe was to symbolize that access to the Union was open to all states of the world. These were the last drawings, which became the basis of the Soviet emblem, but it was not without modifications. The commission invited the young artist
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The design of the successful proposed emblem was redrawn by Ivan
Dubasov. In his first draft, slogans were placed on a red ribbon covering the lower part of the coat of arms. Then it was decided to place mottos in 6 languages on the tape interceptions.
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All of Goznak's sketches rejected the conservative layout of
European heraldry, especially shields. The designs refer to the poster tradition of the early 1920s. In February, the commission did not accept any of the sketches by Goznak's staff artists.
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to participate in the work. In general, the entire composition of the emblem was developed by
Adrianov and Korzun. Work on the draft of the coat of arms was monitored by government authorities. For example, the Secretary of the Presidium of the
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development of the state emblem and flag. At the same time, the CEC defined the main elements of the state symbols of the union: the sun, the sickle and hammer, the motto "Proletarians of all countries, unite!".
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225:. An interesting project was presented by artist K.I. Dunin-Borkovsky - he, as an adherent of classical heraldry, represented the coat of arms of the USSR as a heraldic shield with a sickle and a hammer.
437:"USSR" ("СССР"). His remark: "Instead of a monogram, a star" was immortalized in Korzun's archival drawing. One of the early designs by an unknown author can be seen on the Central Telegraph building in
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in 1929. From now on, the
Russian inscription came to be in the centre. At the same time, as a result of language reforms, Azerbaijani began to be written in the Latin alphabet.
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The state emblem shows the traditional Soviet emblems of the Hammer and Sickle and the
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on 28 June 1923 proposed to place a red star at the top of the emblem in place of the
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the reflection of the international nature of the state in the coat of arms,
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Inscriptions on the ribbons (which are translated into English as "
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Bolotina, S. (November 1983). "How Our State Emblem Was Created".
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Emblem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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over a globe, and two wreaths of emmer wheat covered by "
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was formed from most of Bessarabia and part of the then
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State Emblem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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State Emblem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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The coat of arms was recorded in Article 143 of the
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of the state in 1991. Although it technically is an
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939:P’rolet’arebo q’vela kveq’nisa, sheertdit!
896:Bardık ölkölördün proletarları, birikkile!
891:Бардык өлкөлөрдүн пролетарлары, бириккиле!
853:Proletarhoyi hamayi mamlakatho, yak şaved!
651:The 1946 version on a Soviet postage stamp
1118:Emblem on the 10,000 ruble banknote, 1923
989:Barlyq elderdıñ proletarlary, bırıgıñder!
984:Барлық елдердің пролетарлары, бірігіңдер!
916:: Пролетарь дин тоатe цэриле, уници-вэ! (
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684:Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic
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1041:Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes′!
973:Butun dunyo proletarlari, birlashingiz!
955:Bütün ölkələrin proletarları, birləşin!
950:Бүтүн өлкәләрин пролетарлары, бирләшин!
848:Пролетарҳои ҳамаи мамлакатҳо, як шавед!
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826:Ähli ýurtlaryň proletarlary, birleşiň!
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1377:"Советский герб от идеи к реализации"
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1275:Государственный герб Советского Союза
968:Бутун дунё пролетарлари, бирлашингиз!
933:პროლეტარებო ყველა ქვეყნისა, შეერთდით!
919:Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă!
869:Proletarner bolor erkrneri, miac’ek’!
821:Әхли юртларың пролетарлары, бирлешиң!
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164:Proletarians of all countries, unite!
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1023:Praletaryi wsich krain, jadnajcesia!
837:Kõigi maade proletaarlased, ühinege!
750:Fourth and final version (1956–1991)
134:. The emblem contains an image of a
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1007:Proletari vsikh krain, yednaitesia!
864:Պրոլետարներ բոլոր երկրների, միացե՜ք
690:, according to which it would take
528:"proletarians of the world, unite!"
95:adopted in 1923 and used until the
93:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
42:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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909:Visų šalių proletarai, vienykitės!
696:Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic
315:Alexander Georgievich Yakimchenko
312:Alexander Georgievich Yakimchenko
232:the unity of workers and peasants,
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800:Proletarians of the world, unite!
16:National emblem from 1923 to 1991
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530:in six languages—Russian,
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466:Dubasov's first drawing
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309:Casimir Dunin-Borkowski
2888:Coats of arms with suns
2665:Soviet Union portal
1337:TSRS Valstybinis herbas
1142:The USSR emblem on the
678:were combined with the
327:Vladimir D. Kupriyanov
2557:Stalinist architecture
2311:Science and technology
2221:Ideological repression
2149:Soviet Airborne Forces
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1438:(in Russian): 20–24.
1180:Soviet Union passport
1178:Cover page of a 1974
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142:, in the rays of the
2301:Net material product
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2121:Soviet Border Troops
2054:First Deputy Premier
1638:1965 economic reform
1633:Soviet space program
1496:at Wikimedia Commons
1345:PSRS valsts ģerbonis
379:Drawing with a star
338:Successful proposals
321:Dmitry S. Golyadkin
2369:Academy of Sciences
2184:Population transfer
2128:Soviet Armed Forces
1991:Congress of Soviets
1972:Presidium/Politburo
1936:Soviet anti-Zionism
1785:West Siberian Plain
1663:Revolutions of 1989
1600:Great Patriotic War
1585:New Economic Policy
1313:Дзяржаўны герб СССР
1305:Державний герб СРСР
1202:Soviet Union portal
1144:Motherland monument
1130:Postage stamp, 1946
802:") are as follows:
324:Nikolai N. Kochura
2014:Military Collegium
1882:Capital punishment
1760:Caucasus Mountains
1673:Post-Soviet states
1553:Russian Revolution
1473:on 17 August 2007.
1375:Shavrikov, Klima.
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1984:General Secretary
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