Coat of arms of the Karelo-Finnish SSR
The coat of arms of the Karelo-Finnish SSR was used during the existence of the Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940-1956), a republic of the Soviet Union .
history
The Karelo-Finnish SSR coat of arms was introduced by the Karelo-Finnish SSR government on February 10, 1941.
description
The coat of arms has a round shape and mainly consists of the colors green, red and gold. In the upper part a five-pointed, yellow-framed red star is depicted, which is supposed to represent belonging to communism and the hand of the liberated man of the classless society.
From the observer on the left, pine branches entwine the center of the coat of arms, on the right rye ears . In the middle you can see a golden hammer and sickle , which symbolize the communist state policy. Under this symbol you can see a rising sun. The impression is underlined by the rays of the sun. It stands for the golden future of the Karelo-Finnish people. The sun rises over a typical Karelian landscape in which a raging river flows from the mountains. On the left is a rock, on the right in the background a forest with tall, deep green trees.
The pines and rye on the edge of the coat of arms are braided with a cohesive red ribbon with a white pattern of the Karelian folk culture. On the tape in the middle of the coat of arms is in Finnish Karjalais-Suomalainen SNT , including in Russian Карело-Финская ССР ("Karelo-Finnish SSR"). On the left and right of the tape, in Finnish and Russian, respectively, is the final sentence from the Communist Party's manifesto : “Prolatarians from all countries, unite!” ( Kaikkien maiden proletaarit, liittykää yhteen! - Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйт ).
After 1956
From August 20, 1956 to 1991, the Karelian ASSR, as part of the Russian SFSR, used a variant of the local coat of arms . The previous coat of arms was put out of use.
