Coat of arms of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

Coat of arms of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Details
Armiger	Government of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Adopted	February 28, 1922
Escutcheon	Baroque shield with hammer and sickle
Supporters	Stalks of wheat and grape
Motto	პროლეტარებო ყველა ქვეყნისა, შეერთდით! Workers of the world, unite!
Other elements	Red star, Caucasus backdrop
Earlier versions

The coat of arms of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on February 28, 1922 by the government of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. The coat of arms is loosely based on the coat of arms of the Soviet Union. It shows symbols of agriculture (grapes and wheat). The red star rising above the Caucasus stands for the future of the Georgian nation, and the hammer and sickle for the victory of Communism and the "world-wide socialist community of states".

The banner bears the Soviet Union state motto ("Workers of the world, unite!") in both the Georgian and Russian languages. In Georgian, it is "პროლეტარებო ყველა ქვეყნისა, შეერთდით!" (transliterated: "Proletarebo qvela kveqnisa, sheertdit!").

The Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Adjar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic used variants of this coat of arms (in the Abkhaz case, with the name of the republic and the motto also in Abkhaz).

Later version had also inscription in Georgian in the centre of the field.^[1]

This coat of arms was replaced by a new one on December 11, 1990.

References

1. ^ Compare, e.g., Herzog H.-U., Wolf F. Flaggen und Wappen. Leipzig: VEB Bibliographisches Institut, 1967 — S. 85 and Атлас СССР. М.: ГУГК при СМ СССР, 1988 — ненумерованные страницы после стр. 16