Coat of arms of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic

Coat of arms of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
Details
Armiger	Government of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
Adopted	1940
Escutcheon	Baroque shield with hammer and sickle
Supporters	Sheaves of wheat and oak
Motto	Visų šalių proletarai, vienykitės! Workers of the world, unite!
Other elements	Red star, rising sun, acronym "LTSR"
Earlier versions

The coat of arms of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on 1940 by the government of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. The coat of arms was designed by Vsevolodas Dobužinskis based on the coat of arms of the Soviet Union.^[1] The new coat of arms replaced the traditional coat of arms of Lithuania, known as Vytis, which was banned until Lithuania declared its independence in 1990.

It featured symbols of agriculture (oak branches and wheat). The rising sun stood for the future of the Lithuanian nation, the red star as well as the hammer and sickle for the victory of communism and the "world-wide socialist community of states". The banner bore the USSR State motto (Proletarians of all countries, unite!) in both Russian and Lithuanian (Visų šalių proletarai, vienykitės!).^[1] The initialism of the Lithuanian SSR is shown only in the Lithuanian language – LTSR, for Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika. The coat of arms differed little from those of Estonian, Latvian, Moldavian or other soviet socialist republics.^[1]

Earlier version of the coat of arms, until 1970s, had darker oak leaves.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Rimša, Edmundas (2005). Heraldry: Past to Present. Versus aureus. p. 92. ISBN 9955-601-73-6. 
2. ^ Compare, e.g., Herzog H.-U., Wolf F. Flaggen und Wappen. Leipzig: VEB Bibliographisches Institut, 1967 — S. 89 and Атлас СССР. М.: ГУГК при СМ СССР, 1988 — ненумерованные страницы после стр. 16
3. ^ Торбасов О. К вопросу о символике РКСМ(б) «Бюллетень ЦК РКСМ(б)» №2, 1 ноября 1997 г.