The Heraldic Council of the President of the Russian Federation (translated various ways), Russian: ''Геральдический совет при Президенте Российской Федерации'', is a part of the Russian Presidential Executive Office. It advises the president, and hence the Russian state, on

heraldic Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branc ...

matters. The council was founded in 1992 and is headed by the Master Herald. Its duties includes the overseeing of the use of official symbols, and preventing their use by non-authorised sources. It helps local and regional governments devise coats of arms. It also discusses matters, and researches heraldry in Russia.Heraldic Council
. ''Website of the President of Russia''. Accessed 8 January 2013. It runs, and has authority over, the State Heraldic Register of the Russian Federation.

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