Emblem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic


The coat of arms of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on March 14, 1919 by the government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and subsequently modified on November 7, 1928, January 30, 1937 and November 21, 1949. The coat of arms from 1949 is based on the coat of arms of the Soviet Union and features the hammer and sickle, the red star, a sunrise and stalks of wheat on its outer rims. The rising sun stands for the future of the Soviet Ukrainian nation, the star as well as the hammer and sickle for communism and the "world-wide socialist community of states".
The banner bears the Soviet Union state motto in both the Ukrainian and Russian languages. In Ukrainian, it is "Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся!". The name of the Ukrainian SSR is shown only in Ukrainian, and reads "Українська PCP".
In 1992 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and Ukraine became independent, the emblem was changed to the present coat of arms of Ukraine the tryzub coat of arms, which was affirmed in the new Constitution of Ukraine in 1996, and was first proposed in 1917. The use of this former emblem in Ukraine is now banned.
The emblem shares a common background with that of the Russian SFSR.

History

First version

In the Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR, approved by the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets on March 10, 1919 and adopted in the final version of the CEC on March 14, 1919, the coat of arms was described in Article 34:
The section on the symbols of the republic in the Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR of 1919 was not amended even after the amendments to the Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR, which was adopted by the 9th All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets on May 10, 1925.

First revision

Under the Article 80 of the Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR in 1929, the arms did not undergo significant changes. The abbreviation was changed from "У.С.С.Р." to "У.С.Р.Р.".

Second version

The Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR, approved on January 30, 1937, slightly changed the coat of arms. The abbreviation changed from "У.С.Р.Р." to "У.Р.С.Р.", and the amount of the rays of sunlight increase.

Third version

In the summer of 1947, the Central Committee of the Communist Party discussed the question of bringing the coat of arms of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to the standard in the USSR: the top was decided to add a star, change the location of the inscriptions.

Correspondence with Moscow and Stalin

On December 1, 1947, to consult with the design of the coat of arms, Mykhailo Hrechukha, who was the Chairman of Presidium of Verkhovna Rada at the current time, send a letter to Demyan Korotchenko, who was the head of state of the Ukrainian SSR. He concerned about the design of the coat of arms of the Ukrainian SSR at that time, which only consists of the motto in Ukrainian language.
After that, Korotchenko and Hrechukha continued the letter to Lazar Kaganovich, who was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine.
In an official correspondence, Kaganovich, together with V. Nyzhnyk, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, continue to discuss this matter with Nikolay Shvernik, who was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR at that time. Kaganovich and Nyzhnyk send a correspondence to Shvernik at January 3, 1948.
On January 14, 1948, Hrechukha received a reply from Shvernik from his letter.
After the changes were done, the result was given to Nikita Khrushchev, who was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Then, he send the result of the discussion to Joseph Stalin.

Approval

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR of November 21, 1949 and by the law adopted by the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR on July 5, 1950, a red five-pointed star was added at the top of the Ukrainian SSR's coat of arms, and also the motto, the name of the republic in Ukrainian, and the motto in Ukrainian and Russian language is transferred to the lateral coils of the red tape.
In the Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR, the coat of arms was described in Article 166:
Unofficial emblem of the Ukrainian SSR in 1918-1919

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