Emblem of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Emblem of Yakutia
Armiger	Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Adopted	13 May 1937
Crest	Red star
Supporters	Wheat and Cotton
Motto	(1926-1939) Barь dojdular proletarijdara, qolbohuꞑ! (1939-1990) Бары дойдулар пролетарийдара, холбоһуҥ! (Yakut) Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Russian) "Workers of the world, unite!"

The national emblem of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 1937 by the government of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The emblem is identical to the emblem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

History[]

First version[]

The first emblem of the Yakut ASSR was described in the Constitution of the Yakut ASSR, which was approved by the Fourth All-Yakut Congress of Soviets on September 25, 1926.^[1] Article 118 of the constitution contained description of the emblem of the Yakut ASSR:^[2]

The State Emblem of the Yakut ASSR consists of an image in the rays of the Northern Lights of a part of the globe adjoining the circumpolar circle, a schematic outline of the boundaries of the Yakut ASSR and the main waterway of the Lena River, a gold sickle and hammer, placed cross on the cross by handles to the bottom, from the ears, closing with a red five-pointed star, and at the base of the crown there are golden forks and rakes, placed cross on the cross with handles to the bottom with the inscription:

a) "YAKUT AUTONOMOUS SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC" and

b) "PROLETARIANS OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!" in Yakut language ".

— Constitution of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1926), Article 118

Second version[]

On March 9, 1937, the extraordinary 9th All-Yakut Congress of Soviets approved a new Constitution of the Yakut ASSR.^[3][4] Article 108 of the Constitution describes the emblem of the Yakut ASSR:

The state emblem of the Yakut ASSR is the state emblem of the RSFSR, which consists of an image of a gold sickle and a hammer, placed on shelves, handles to the bottom, a red phon in the sun and framed with ears, inscribed "RSFSR" and "Proletarians of all countries, unite!" in Russian and in Yakut language, with an additional inscription under the letters "РСФСР", letters of a smaller size - "ЯАССР" in the Yakut language.

— Constitution of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1937), Article 108

The new emblem of the Yakut ASSR was reconfirmed by the approval through the Decree of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Yakut ASSR on May 13, 1938.^[5]

First revision[]

In 1939, the Yakut language shifted its writing method from Latin alphabet to Cyrilic alphabet. Hence, the inscription on the emblem changed.

Second revision[]

On May 31, 1978, the 8th extraordinary session of the Supreme Council of the Yakut ASSR adopted a new Constitution of the Yakut ASSR. Article 157 of the constitution describes the Emblem of the Yakut ASSR:^[6]

The State Emblem of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was the State Emblem of the RSFSR, which is an image of a hammer and sickle on a red background, in the rays of a solonetz and framed with ears of wheat, with the inscription "RSFSR"in Russian and "Proletarians of all countries, unite!" and the Yakut languages with the inscription "Yakut ASSR" in Russian and Yakut over the inscription "RSFSR" with letters of a smaller size. At the top of the emblem is a five-pointed star.

—  Constitution of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1978), Article 157

A red star with a gold border was added to the top of the emblem.^[2]

This design was reconfirmed with the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Yakut ASSR on July 27, 1978.^[7]

Gallery[]

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  1926-1938

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  1938-1939

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  1939-1978

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  1978-1990

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  1990–1992^[8]

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