The State Emblem of

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

is a modified version of the original emblem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic that was in use until the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

in 1991.

History

Prior to the Russian Revolution, the territory of

Turkestan Turkestan, also spelled Turkistan ( fa, ترکستان, Torkestân, lit=Land of the Turks), is a historical region in Central Asia corresponding to the regions of Transoxiana and Xinjiang. Overview Known as Turan to the Persians, western Turk ...

, of which Tajikistan was part, used the device of a black

unicorn The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. In European literature and art, the unicorn has for the last thousand years o ...

on a golden shield,

blazon In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The ...

ed ''or, a unicorn passant sable''. However, Tajikistan itself had no symbol. Until 1992, Tajikistan had an emblem similar to all other Soviet Republics. The first emblem of independent Tajikistan from 1992–1993 was the Lion and Sun symbol, which was a historic symbol of Persia, to which Tajikistan has cultural ties. It was changed to the current version by the government of Emomali Rahmon, which came to power at the end of 1992. Like other post-Soviet republics whose symbols do not predate the

October Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key mom ...

, the current emblem retains some components of the Soviet one.

Description

The crown at the center of the emblem is the same as the Tajik national flag, and refers to the Persian word ''taj'', meaning crown, from which the name of the

Tajik people Tajik, Tadjik, Tadzhik or Tajikistani may refer to: * Someone or something related to Tajikistan * Tajiks, an ethnic group in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan * Tajik language, the official language of Tajikistan * Tajik (surname) * Tajik c ...

is said to be derived, according to one interpretation. The base of the emblem contains a representation of a book and the

Pamir Mountains The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range between Central Asia and Pakistan. It is located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya mountain ranges. They are among the wor ...

. The emblem is flanked by cotton on one side and wheat on the other, as well a banner of the national red-white-green colors of Tajikistan is wrapped around the

cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor pe ...

and

wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...

replacing the red color with the motto of the Soviet Union " Workers of the world, unite!" written in the Russian and Tajik languages. File:Stamp of Tajikistan 1994 m41.jpg, First Emblem of Tajikistan on a 1994 postage stamp File:Tajik coat of arms mural.jpg, Mural of the Tajik coat of arms in

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...

File:Coat of Arms of Tajik ASSR 1924-04.1929.svg, Coat of arms of Tajik ASSR (1924–04.1929) File:Coat of Arms of Tajik ASSR 04.1929-24.02.1931.svg, Coat of arms of Tajik ASSR (04.1929–24.02.1931) File:Emblem of the Tajik SSR (1936).svg, Coat of arms of the Tajik SSR (1936–1937) File:Emblem of the Tajik SSR.svg, Coat of arms of Tajikistan (1940–1992) File:Coat of arms of Tajikistan 1992-1993.svg, Coat of arms of Tajikistan (1992–1993)

References

External links

Heraldicum.ru — Emblems of Tajikistan
{{Coats of arms of Asia National symbols of Tajikistan

History

Description

See also

References

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