The coat of arms of Russia derives from the earlier coat of arms of the Russian Empire. Though modified more than once since the reign of Ivan III (1462–1505), the current coat of arms is directly derived from its medieval original, with the

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having

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and earlier antecedents. The general

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corresponds to the fifteenth-century standard.

Description and usage

The two main elements of Russian state symbols (the two-headed eagle and Saint George slaying the dragon) predate Peter the Great. According to the Kremlin's website:

«...четырёхугольный, с закруглёнными нижними углами, заострённый в оконечности красный геральдический щит с золотым двуглавым орлом, поднявшим вверх распущенные крылья. Орел увенчан двумя малыми коронами и — над ними — одной большой короной, соединенными лентой. В правой лапе орла — скипетр, в левой — держава. На груди орла, в красном щите, — серебряный всадник в синем плаще на серебряном коне, поражающий серебряным копьём черного опрокинутого навзничь и попранного конём дракона.»

Which is translated as:

"… a gold two-headed eagle with raised extended wings set against a four-cornered red heraldic shield with rounded lower corners. Two small crowns top the eagle's heads, with one large crown above them. The three crowns are linked by a ribbon. The eagle holds a sceptre in its right claw and an orb in its left claw. The eagle bears a red shield on its breast depicting a silver horseman in a blue cape, mounted upon a silver horse and slaying a black dragon with a silver spear."

The current coat of arms was designed by artist Yevgeny Ukhnalyov; it was adopted on 30 November 1993 by a

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, and then by a

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signed by President

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on December 20, 2000. Russia 2018

Today, the imperial crowns on each head stand for the unity and sovereignty of

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, both as a whole and in its constituent republics and regions. The orb and

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grasped in the eagle's talons are traditional heraldic symbols of sovereign power and authority. Of note is that the scepter shows the

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, as it is topped by a miniature image of the coat-of-arms itself. They have been retained in the modern Russian arms despite the fact that the Russian Federation is not a monarchy, which led to objections by the Communists even though both the blue ribbon and the collar of the Order of St. Andrew (which in the imperial arms supported the three crowns and surrounded the central

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) have been removed from the current coat of arms. It appears on the federal buildings and is on the cover of the national passport. The standard of the

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is a squared Russian tricolour defaced with the coat of arms of Russia, the banner of the

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also has the coat of arms centered on the obverse side. Some state awards of Russia are also designed based on the coat of arms, including the State Prize.

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coins depict the coat of arms on the obverse side since 2016.

Historical versions

The heraldic device of Russia has gone through three major periods in its history, undergoing major changes in the transitions between the

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, the

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, and the

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. The use of the double-headed eagle as a Russian coat of arms goes back to the 15th century. With the

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and the end of the

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in 1453, the Grand Dukes of

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came to see themselves as the successors of the Byzantine heritage, a notion reinforced by the marriage of Ivan III to Sophia Paleologue (hence the expression "

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" for Moscow and, by extension, for the whole of Imperial Russia). Ivan adopted the golden Byzantine double-headed eagle in his seal, first documented in 1472, marking his direct claim to the Roman imperial heritage and posing as a sovereign equal and rival to the

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. In 1497, it was stamped on a charter of share and allotment of independent princes' possessions. At about the same time, the image of a gilt, double-headed eagle on a red background appeared on the walls of the Palace of Facets in the

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. The other main Russian coat of arms, the image of St George slaying the dragon, is contemporaneous. In its first form, as a rider armed with a spear, it is found in the seal of Vasili I of Moscow in 1390. At the time of Ivan III, the dragon was added, but the final association with Saint George was not made until 1730, when it was described as such in an Imperial decree. Eventually, St George became the patron saint of Moscow (and, by extension, of Russia). After the assumption of the title of ''

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'' by Ivan IV, the two coats are found combined, with the eagle bearing an escutcheon depicting St George on the breast. With the establishment of the

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in 1589, a patriarchal cross was added for a time between the heads of the eagle.

1547–1917: Russian Tsardom

''Main:''

1721–1917: Russian Empire

1918–93: Soviet and post-Soviet Russia

The coat of arms of the

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(RSFSR) was adopted on 10 July 1918 by the government of the

(Soviet Union), and modified several times afterwards. It shows

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as the symbol of

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, a rising

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for the ''future of the Russian nation'', the

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(the RSFSR was the last Soviet Republic to include the star in its state emblem, in 1978) as well as the

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for the victory of

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and the "world-wide socialist community of states". The Soviet Union state motto ("Workers of the world, unite!") in

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('' — ') is also a part of the coat of arms. The

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of the RSFSR is shown above the hammer and sickle, and reads '', for "" (). Similar emblems were used by the Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republics (ASSR) within the Russian SFSR; the main differences were generally the use of the republic's acronym and the presence of the motto in the language(s) of the

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s (with the exception of the state emblem of the Dagestan ASSR, whic
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as a whole adopted its emblem in 1923, which remained in use until the

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in 1991. Although it is technically an emblem rather than a coat of arms, since it does not follow traditional

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s of the Soviet republics with the Russian inscription in the centre, in the reverse order they were mentioned in the Soviet Constitution. Each Soviet Republic (SSR) and Autonomous Soviet Republic (ASSR) had its own coat of arms, largely inspired by the state emblem of the Union. Four versions were used: 6 ribbons were used in 1923, which were written on in Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Georgian,

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, and Azerbaijani; 11 ribbons with the addition of Turkmen, Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz; 16 with the addition of

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...

, Latvian, Lithuanian, Moldavian, and Finnish. Finally, the inscriptions in Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh and Kyrgyz were updated to reflect their transition from the

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. The final version of the emblem was adopted in 1956 with the removal of the Finnish inscription from the insignia, reflecting the 1956 transformation of the

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into the Karelian ASSR. In 1992, the inscription was changed from RSFSR ('') to the Russian Federation ('') in connection with the change of the name of the state. In 1993, president

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signed a decree to replace the Communist design by the present coat of arms.

Evolution

File:Печать Мстислава Владимирович XII век.svg, 1094–1132: Seal of
Mstislav I Monomakh File:Seal of Mstislav Mstislavich Udatny.png, 1209–1227: Seal of
Mstislav Mstislavich File:Печать Святослава Всеволодовича.JPG, 1200–1252: Seal of
Sviatoslav III of Vladimir File:Seal of Alexander Nevsky 1236.png, 1236–1263: Seal of

Alexander Nevsky Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (; ; monastic name: ''Aleksiy''; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) was Prince of Novgorod (1236–1240; 1241–1256; 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1249–1263), and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–1263). ...

( Theodore Stratelates slaying the giant serpent) File:Печать Иван Калита.JPG, 1325–1340: Seal of
Ivan I File:Печать Дмитрия-Донского 2 Reverse.svg, 1359–1389: Seal of

Dmitry Donskoy Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy (; 12 October 1350 – 19 May 1389) was Prince of Moscow from 1359 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1363 until his death. He was the heir of Ivan II. He was the first prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol ...

File:Печать Василия I Дмитриевича, 1389.svg, 1389–1425: Seal of
Vasily I File:Печать Василия II Васильевича Темного.svg, 1425–1462: Seal of

Vasily II Vasily II Vasilyevich (; 10 March 141527 March 1462), nicknamed the Blind or the Dark (), was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1425 until his death in 1462. He succeeded his father, Vasily I, only to be challenged by his uncle Yuri of Zvenig ...

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Dmitry Shemyaka Dmitriy Yurievich Shemyaka () (died 1453) was the second son of Yury of Zvenigorod by Anastasia of Smolensk and grandson of Dmitri Donskoi. His hereditary patrimony was the rich northern town Galich-Mersky. When his uncle prince Vasily I of ...

File:Seal of Ivan 3.png, 1472–1502: Seal of
Ivan III the Great File:Seal of Ivan 4 1539.svg, 1539: Seal of
Ivan IV the Terrible
1533–1584 File:Seal of Ivan 4 1577.png, 1577: Greater seal of
Ivan IV the Terrible
1533–1584 File:COA by Ivan IV of Russia 1577.png, 1577: Coat of arms
under Ivan IV
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Feodor I File:Russian coa 1605 lzhe.png, 1605: Seal of

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Alexis File:Novikov triple eagle.jpg, 1654: Variant coat of arms
under Alexis (after

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) File:Russian-coa-1667.png, 1667–1721: Coat of arms of the

File:Russian-coat-arm-1667.svg, 1667–1721: Variant coat of arms of the

File:Печать Алексея Михаиловича, 1667 год.gif, 1667–1676: Seal of
Alexis File:Great Seal of the Tsardom of Russia in the early 18th century (retouched).jpg, 1682–1696: Seal of
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under Peter I (published in the book

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File:Catherinecoa.gif, 1725–1727: Imperial coat of arms under

Catherine I Catherine I Alekseyevna Mikhailova (born Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya; – ) was the second wife and Empress consort of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as Emperor of all the Russias, Empress of Russia, ruling from 1725 until her death in 1 ...

File:Ekaterina I ruble.jpg, 1725–1727: Silver ruble under

File:Государственный герб 1730.jpg, 1727–1730: Imperial coat of arms under Peter II File:CoA of Russian Empire (1730).png, 1730–1798, 1801–1825: Imperial coat of arms under Anna, Ivan VI, Elizabeth,

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and

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Ivan VI File:Dondog-Dashi banner.jpg, 1741–1762: Imperial coat of arms under Elizabeth File:Ryskt mynt av koppar med dubbelörn, 1780 - Skoklosters slott - 108161.tif, 1758–1796: Copper coin of 5 kopecks under Elizabeth and

File:Maltese cross Russian coat of arms.jpg, 1799–1801: Imperial coat of arms under Paul I File:Russian COA 1796 a.jpg, 1799–1801: Variant coat of arms under Paul I File:Coat of Arms of the Russian Empire 1799-1801.png, 1799–1801: Variant coat of arms under Paul I File:Lesser Coat of Arms of Russian Empire (1800-1802).svg, 1799–1801: Variant coat of arms under Paul I File:Russian Empire-Full coat of arms.3.jpg, 1800: The draft of the greater coat of arms presented to Paul I File:R2-kopeiki-1825-goda-300x300.jpg, 1810–1830: Copper coin of 2 kopecks under

and Nicholas I File:Coat of arms of Russia in 1803-1830.gif, 1803–1840: Variant of coat of arms under

and Nicholas I File:Russian COA 1825—55 B.jpg, 1825–1828: Imperial coat of arms under Nicholas I File:5 kopek, 1833. Ryskt mynt - Skoklosters slott - 109914.tif, 1830–1839: Copper coin under Nicholas I File:Russian COA 1825—55 A.jpg, 1828–1856: Imperial coat of arms under Nicholas I File:Coat of Arms of Russian Empire (1876).jpg, 1856–1882: Greater
coat of arms under
Alexander II File:Greater Coat of Arms of the Russian Empire 1856.jpg, 1856–1882: Variant greater
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Alexander II File:Middle Coat of Arms of the Russian Empire 1856.jpg, 1856–1882: Middle
coat of arms under
Alexander II File:Russian Coat of Arms 1856.png, 1856–1882: Lesser
coat of arms under
Alexander II File:Greater Coats of Arms of the Russian Empire - The sketch of Adolf Sharleman (1882).jpg, 1882–1917: Greater
coat of arms under
Alexander III and Nicholas II File:Middle Coat of Arms of the Russian Empire.png, 1882–1917: Middle coat of arms under Alexander III and Nicholas II File:Lesser Coat of Arms of Russian Empire 2.png, 1882–1917: Lesser coat of arms under Alexander III and Nicholas II File:Lesser coat of arms of the Russian Empire.svg, 1882–1917: Variant lesser coat of arms under Alexander III and Nicholas II File:Russian coa 1917.svg, 1917:

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File:Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1920–1954).svg, 1920–1954: 2nd coat of arms of the Russian SFSR File:Coat of arms of the Soviet Union 1923–1936.svg, 1923–1931: 1st coat of arms of the Soviet Union (6 languages) File:Coat of arms of the Soviet Union (1931–1936).svg, 1931–1936: 2nd coat of arms of the Soviet Union (7 languages) File:Coat of arms of the Soviet Union (1936–1946).svg, 1936–1946: 3rd coat of arms of the Soviet Union (11 languages) File:Coat of arms of the Soviet Union (1946-1956).svg, 1946–1955: 4th coat of arms of the Soviet Union (16 languages) File:Coat of arms of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1954-1978).svg, 1954–1978: 3rd coat of arms of the Russian SFSR (without dividing points in ) File:State Emblem of the Soviet Union.svg, 1956–1991: 5th coat of arms of the Soviet Union (15 languages) File:Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1978–1991), Emblem of Russia (1991–1992).svg, 1978–1992: 4th coat of arms of the Russian SFSR (added a five-pointed star) File:Coat of arms of the Russian Federation (1992-1993).svg, 1992–1993: Coat of arms of the Russian Federation after the

File:Russia coat federal constitutional law.jpg, 1993: Present
coat of arms (official publication) File:Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation.svg, 1993: Present
coat of arms File:Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation 2.svg, 1993: Present
coat of arms (other variant) File:Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation bw.svg, 1993: Present
coat of arms (single-color version) File:Digital gerb russia max.svg, 2017: Present
digital coat of arms (with details) File:Digital gerb russia.svg, 2017: Present
digital coat of arms File:Emblem of the President of Russia.svg, 2019: Present digital coat of arms used by the

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office and the

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References

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