The emblems of the autonomous republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are the heraldic symbols of the respective Autonomous Soviet Republic.

Prior to the approval of the Stalinist Constitution, which created many ASSRs, many ASSRs in that time had a distinctive emblem. The emblem of the ASSRs are usually round in shape. The emblem featured predominantly the hammer and sickle and the red star that symbolised communism. The USSR State motto, Workers of the world, unite!, in both the republic's language and some Russian was also placed on each one of them. In addition to those repetitive motifs, emblems of many Soviet republics also included features that were characteristic of their local landscapes, economies or cultures. All ASSRs emblems created during the korenizatsiya era usually included national patterns. The exception to this was the Bashkir ASSR, Crimean ASSR, and Moldavian ASSR, which used the emblem similar to their respective republics. A distinctive emblem was proposed in 1925, but it failed to gain official status.

After the approval of the constitution, many ASSRs changed their emblems according to their respective republic. The emblems of the ASSR were the same as the previous emblems, with only additions in inscription.

The table below presents versions of the renderings of the ASSRs' emblems prior to the approval of the Stalinist Constitution, as well as the arms of several ASSRs that ceased to exist before that time. For comparison, the arms of present-day successor states of the ASSRs are also shown.

All ASSRs ended the usage of their pre-Stalinist emblems in 1937. This was because the Stalinist Constitution of the ASSRs were adopted in 1937, about one to three months after the adoption of the Stalinist Constitution of the USSR on 5 December 1936.

Pre-Stalinist Emblems of the Autonomous Soviet Republics

Autonomous Soviet Republic Emblem Main Article Usage Republic-specific features Present-day national coat of arms Adjara Emblem of the Adjar ASSR 1922-1937 Plants wheat, grapes Coat of arms of Adjara Landscapes, geographic featuresCaucasus Mountains Industry OrnamentsStar and crescent Bashkortostan Emblem of the Bashkir ASSR 1925-1937 Plantswheat Coat of arms of BashkortostanLandscapes, geographic featuresIndustryOrnamentsBaroque cartoucheChuvashEmblem of the Chuvash ASSR1927-1931 Plants wheat Coat of arms of Chuvashia Landscapes, geographic features Industry gear Ornaments Chuvash traditional ornaments1931-1937 Plants wheat, oak, spruce Landscapes, geographic features Industry OrnamentsChuvash traditional ornaments1937-1978 Plants wheat, oak, spruce Landscapes, geographic features Industry OrnamentsChuvash traditional ornaments1978-1992 Plant wheat, oak, fir Landscapes, geographic features Industry OrnamentsChuvash traditional ornamentsDagestanEmblem of the Dagestan ASSR1921-1927Plantswheat Coat of arms of DagestanLandscapes, geographic featuresIndustryOrnamentsBaroque cartouche1927-1937Plantsvine, maize, wheatLandscapes, geographic featuresMount BazardüzüIndustrygearOrnamentsMordoviaEmblem of the Mordovian ASSR1934-1937 Plants wheat, spruce, hemp Coat of arms of Mordovia Landscapes, geographic features Industry OrnamentsTatarstanEmblem of the Tatar ASSR1920-1926Plantswheat, leaves Coat of arms of TatarstanLandscapes, geographic featuresIndustryfarming tools, peasant, workerOrnamentsBow and arrow1926-1937PlantswheatLandscapes, geographic featuresIndustryOrnamentsBaroque cartoucheVolga GermanEmblem of the Volga German ASSR1926-1937PlantsLandscapes, geographic featuresIndustryOrnamentsYakutiaEmblem of the Yakut ASSR1926-1937 Plants wheatCoat of arms of Yakutia Landscapes, geographic features Lena River, Aurora Industry Ornaments Autonomous Republics that dissolved before 1991Crimea Emblem of the Crimean ASSR1921-1938 Plants wheatCoat of arms of Crimea Landscapes, geographic features Industry OrnamentsBaroque cartoucheKazakhstanEmblem of the Kazakh ASSR1925-1927PlantswheatEmblem of KazakhstanLandscapes, geographic featuresIndustryOrnamentsBaroque cartouche1927-1937 Plants wheat, cotton Landscapes, geographic featuresgoats, horses, horsemen Industry Factory OrnamentsStar and crescentKyrgyzstanEmblem of the Kirghiz ASSR1927-1936PlantswheatLandscapes, geographic featuresIndustryOrnamentsMoldovaEmblem of the Moldavian ASSR1925-1929 Plants maize, grapes Coat of arms of Moldova Landscapes, geographic features Dniester River, Map of Moldavian ASSR Industry Ornaments 1929-1938 Plants wheat Landscapes, geographic features Industry OrnamentsBaroque cartoucheTajikistanEmblem of the Tajik ASSR1924-1929 Plants wheat, cotton Emblem of Tajikistan Landscapes, geographic features Industry Ornaments 1929-1931 Plants wheat, cotton Landscapes, geographic features Industry OrnamentsTurkestan Emblem of the Turkestan ASSR Plants wheat Landscapes, geographic features Industry OrnamentsBaroque cartouche

Proposed Emblems Autonomous Soviet Republic Emblem Proposed in Republic-specific features Present-day national coat of armsBashkortostan 1925 Plants wheat, maize Coat of arms of BashkortostanLandscapes, geographic featuresMount YamantauIndustryFactories, citiesOrnamentsOthersSalawat YulayevChecheno-Ingushetia1982Animalscranes Coat of arms of ChechnyaLandscapes, geographic featuresIndustry Coat of arms of IngushetiaOrnamentsflag of the Russian SFSRDagestan1926 Plants Coat of arms of DagestanLandscapes, geographic featuresMount BazardüzüIndustryOrnaments

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See also

Emblems of the Soviet Republics Coats of arms of the Yugoslav Socialist Republics List of coats of arms of the Russian Federation