Coat of arms of Transnistria

Emblem of Transnistria
Versions
The national emblem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, remodeled to make the Transnistrian emblem
Details
Armiger	Government of Transnistria
Adopted	1991
Escutcheon	Soviet-style emblem with a hammer and sickle
Supporters	None, though stalks of wheat, corn, grape and clover surround the emblem
Other elements	Red star, rising sun, banner with the names "Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ", "Приднестровская Молдавская Республика", "Придністровська Молдавська Республіка"

The national emblem of Transnistria is a remodeled version of the former Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic emblem, that was substituted by the internationally-recognized Moldovan government after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The only major change made in the Transnistrian device was the addition of waves, representing Dniester. Also the inscription on the red banner changed: unlike the Moldavian SSR emblem, which bore the acronym "РССМ" (for "Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic") and the USSR state slogan Workers of the world, unite! in Russian and Moldavian languages, the Transnistrian emblem bears the name "Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic" in Moldovan, Russian and Ukrainian languages. In Moldovan, it is "Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ" (transliterated: "Republica Moldoveneascǎ Nistreanǎ"); in Russian, it is "Приднестровская Молдавская Республика" (transliterated: "Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika"); and, in Ukrainian, it is "Придністровська Молдавська Республіка" (transliterated: "Prydnistrovs'ka Moldavs'ka Respublika").

Civil flag of Transnistria superimposed with a version of the national emblem

See also

• Flag of Transnistria
• Coat of arms of Tiraspol
• Coat of arms of Gagauzia

External links

• Coat of arms of Pridnestrovie