Coat of arms of the Latvian SSR

Coat of arms of the Latvian SSR

The coat of arms of the Latvian SSR was introduced on August 25, 1940 after the Latvian SSR became a republic of the former Soviet Union . On February 17, 1990 it was replaced by the coat of arms of Latvia .

Like all coats of arms of the Soviet republics , that of the Latvian SSR also shows a golden wreath of ears . The lower half of the wreath is wrapped in a spiral with a ribbon that reads “Workers of all countries unite!” In Russian ( Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! ) And Latvian ( Visu zemju proletārieši, savienojieties! ). At the tips of the ears there is the red star as a symbol for the communist worldview. Below the star there are further communist symbols, hammer and sickle , which also stand for the interaction between workers and farmers (or industry and agriculture). In the middle of the coat of arms is the rising sun over the Baltic Sea .

The lower part of the coat of arms is covered by a red tape . In the middle of the tape is Latvija's PSR . PSR stands for Padomju Sociālistiskās Republikas ( German "Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic").