Coat of arms of Transnistria

Transnistria is a region inEastern Europethat is under the effective control of the self-declaredPridnestrovian Moldavian Republicbut is recognized by the international community as an administrative unit ofMoldova,theAdministrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester.

The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic uses a coat of arms based on the arms of the formerMoldavian Soviet Socialist Republicand the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester use thecoat of arms of Moldova.

Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

Coat of arms of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
Armiger	Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
Adopted	2 September 1991
Crest	Red star
Shield	hammer and sickle,Rising sunabove theDniesterriver
Supporters	Wheat,corn,grapeandfruit
Motto	Romanian:Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ(inMoldovan Cyrillic) ‹See Tfd›Russian:Приднестровская Молдавская Республика Ukrainian:Придністровська Молдавська Республіка
Other elements	Red star,rising sun

Thecoat of arms of thePridnestrovian Moldavian Republicconstitutes a remodeled version of theformer Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic's emblem,which was replaced by the internationally recognizedMoldovangovernment after thedissolution of the Soviet Unionin 1991. The only major pictorial change made in the Transnistrian version involves the addition of waves, representing the RiverDniester.However, the inscriptions on the banner were 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 theRussianandRomanianlanguages, the Transnistrian emblem bears the namePRIDNESTROVIAN MOLDAVIAN REPUBLICin the Romanian, Russian andUkrainianlanguages.

• InRussian,it reads "ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКАЯ МОЛДАВСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА"(transliterated asPridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika) to the left;
• InMoldovan Cyrillic,it reads "РЕПУБЛИКА МОЛДОВЕНЯСКЭ НИСТРЯНЭ"(transliterated asRepublica Moldovenească Nistreană) in the middle;
• InUkrainian,it reads "ПРИДНІСТРОВСЬКА МОЛДАВСЬКА РЕСПУБЛІКА"(transliterated asPrydnistrovs'ka Moldavs'ka Respublika) to the right.

Despite the emblem's depiction of thehammer and sickle,Transnistriais not asocialist state.The current president of Transnistria,Vadim Krasnoselsky,who identify himself as amonarchist,has stated that he considers the Soviet symbolism in the emblems of his country to be "irrelevant".

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  Emblem of the Moldavian SSR;the Transnistrian coat of arms is based on it
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  Early version of the coat of arms
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  Coat of arms with initials
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  A road signboard withcivil flag of Transnistriathat superimposed with simplified version of the national emblem
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  Emblem used by theGovernment of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester

The law which formally established theAdministrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniestercontains provisions for the region to adopt its own symbols.The region has not currently adopted a distinctive emblem therefore theCoat of arms of Moldovaare used for official purposes.

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  Coat of arms of Moldova

Historical symbols

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  Emblem of theTransnistria Governorate(1941–1944)

See also

• Flag of Transnistria
• Emblem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
• Coat of arms of Moldova
• Coat of arms of Tiraspol
• Coat of arms of Gagauzia

External links

• Media related toCoats of arms of Transnistriaat Wikimedia Commons
• Coat of arms of Transnistria