Both the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the Russian

Republic of Crimea The Republic of Crimea, translit. ''Respublika Krym'' ; uk, Республіка Крим, translit. ''Respublika Krym'' ; crh, , is an unrecognized federal subject ( republic) of Russia, located in the Crimean Peninsula. Its territory ...

use the same coat of arms (russian: Герб Крыма, uk, Герб Криму), which has been in use since 1992.

Description

The coat of arms consists of a red Varangian shield and a silver griffin passant facing to the heraldic right with an azure

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in its right paw. On either sides of the shield are a white pillar. At the top of the shield sits the rising

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. Winding around both columns and under the shield rests the

Flag of Crimea The flag of Crimea (russian: Флаг Крыма, Flag Kryma; uk, Прапор Криму, Prapor Krymu; crh, Qırım bayrağı / Къырым байрагъы) is the flag of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Ukraine and the Republic of Cri ...

, a

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–

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red Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondar ...

tricolor ribbon, unto which the Motto of Crimea, ''Процветание в единстве'' (translated as ''Prosperity in unity''), is inscribed. The Varangian shield is symbolic of the fact that the region of Crimea was for a long time a crossing of major trade routes.fotw.net
— Crimea Autonomous Republic (Ukraine) The red field of the coat of arms symbolizes the intense

history of Crimea The recorded history of the Crimean Peninsula, historically known as ''Tauris'', ''Taurica'' ( gr, Ταυρική or Ταυρικά), and the ''Tauric Chersonese'' ( gr, Χερσόνησος Ταυρική, "Tauric Peninsula"), begins around the ...

. The griffin is placed on the coat of arms because it is commonly used to represent the territory north of the

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, and is known as the "coat of arms" of

Chersonesos Chersonesus ( grc, Χερσόνησος, Khersónēsos; la, Chersonesus; modern Russian and Ukrainian: Херсоне́с, ''Khersones''; also rendered as ''Chersonese'', ''Chersonesos'', contracted in medieval Greek to Cherson Χερσών; ...

and

Panticapaeum Panticapaeum ( grc-gre, Παντικάπαιον , from Scythian , "fish-path") was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea, which the Greeks called Taurica. The city lay on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus, and was found ...

, where one can see the griffin on artifacts from the area. Another variation in the symbolism is that the pearl is symbolic of Crimea as a part of

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, and the griffin as the defender of the young republic. The

's azure is reminiscent of the combined culture of Crimea. The white pillars are said to be reminiscent of the ancient civilizations which inhabited the peninsula. The rising sun is symbolic of prosperity and regeneration.

Historical coats of arms

File:Coat of arms of Gothia.svg,

Principality of Theodoro The Principality of Theodoro ( el, Αὐθεντία πόλεως Θεοδωροῦς καὶ παραθαλασσίας), also known as Gothia ( el, Γοτθία) or the Principality of Theodoro-Mangup, was a Greek principality in the southern pa ...

(early 14th century–1475) File:Coat of arms of Republic of Genoa (early).svg,

Genoese Gazaria Gazaria (also Cassaria, Cacsarea, and Gasaria) was the name given to the colonial possessions of the Republic of Genoa in Crimea and around the Black Sea coasts in the territories of the modern regions of Russia, Ukraine and Romania, from the m ...

(1266–1475) File:COA Crimean Khanate.svg,

Crimean Khanate The Crimean Khanate ( crh, , or ), officially the Great Horde and Desht-i Kipchak () and in old European historiography and geography known as Little Tartary ( la, Tartaria Minor), was a Crimean Tatar state existing from 1441 to 1783, the long ...

(1441–1783) File:Coat of arms of Taurida Governorate 1856.svg, Taurida Governorate
(1802–1921) File:Coat of arms of the Crimean Regional Government.svg, Crimean Regional Government
(1918–19) File:Coat of arms of Crimean ASSR.svg,

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of the

Crimean ASSR During the existence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, different governments existed within the Crimean Peninsula. From 1921 to 1936, the government in the Crimean Peninsula was known as the Crimean Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic; ...

(1938–45) File:Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR.svg, Emblem of the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

used by the re-established

in 1991

Notes

References

External links

Ukrainian heraldry
— Coat of arms of Crimea

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

Symbols of Crimea

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Description

Historical coats of arms

See also

Notes

References

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