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Transnistria is a region in Eastern Europe that is under the effective control of the self-declared Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic but is recognized by the international community as an administrative unit of Moldova, the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester.
The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic uses a coat of arms based on the arms of the former Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester use the coat of arms of Moldova.
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
editCoat of arms of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic | |
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Armiger | Transnistria |
Adopted | 2 September 1991 |
Crest | Red star |
Shield | hammer and sickle, Rising sun above the Dniester river |
Supporters | Wheat, corn, grape and fruit |
Motto | Romanian: Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ (in Moldovan Cyrillic) Russian: Приднестровская Молдавская Республика Ukrainian: Придністровська Молдавська Республіка |
Other elements | Red star, rising sun |
The coat of arms of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic constitutes a remodeled version of the former Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic's emblem, which was replaced by the internationally recognized Moldovan government after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The only major pictorial change made in the Transnistrian version involves the addition of waves, representing the River Dniester. However, the inscriptions on the banner were changed: unlike the Moldavian SSR emblem, which bore the acronym РССМ (for "Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic") and the USSR state slogan "Workers of the world, unite!" in the Russian and Romanian languages, the Transnistrian emblem bears the name PRIDNESTROVIAN MOLDAVIAN REPUBLIC in the Romanian, Russian and Ukrainian languages.
- In Russian, it reads "ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКАЯ МОЛДАВСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА" (transliterated as Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika) to the left;
- In Moldovan Cyrillic, it reads "РЕПУБЛИКА МОЛДОВЕНЯСКЭ НИСТРЯНЭ" (transliterated as Republica Moldovenească Nistreană) in the middle;
- In Ukrainian, it reads "ПРИДНІСТРОВСЬКА МОЛДАВСЬКА РЕСПУБЛІКА" (transliterated as Prydnistrovs'ka Moldavs'ka Respublika) to the right.
Despite the emblem's depiction of the hammer and sickle, Transnistria is not a socialist state. The current president of Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselsky, who identify himself as a monarchist, has stated that he considers the Soviet symbolism in the emblems of his country to be "irrelevant".[1]
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Emblem of the Moldavian SSR; the Transnistrian coat of arms is based on it
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Early version of the coat of arms
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Coat of arms with initials
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A road signboard with civil flag of Transnistria that superimposed with simplified version of the national emblem
Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester
editThe law which formally established the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester contains provisions for the region to adopt its own symbols.[2] The region has not currently adopted a distinctive emblem therefore the Coat of arms of Moldova are used for official purposes.
Historical symbols
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Emblem of the Transnistria Governorate (1941–1944)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The official website of the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic reported that the working week of the Head of the State began with a teleconference meeting - News".
- ^ (In Romanian) Law No. 173 from 22.07.2005 "About main notes about special legal status of settlements of left bank of Dnestr (Transnistria)"
External links
editMedia related to Coats of arms of Transnistria at Wikimedia Commons
- Coat of arms of Transnistria