Emblem of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Emblem of the Uzbek SSR
Versions
Early version 1947
Design used from 1937
Details
Armiger	Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
Adopted	2 March 1937
Crest	Red star
Escutcheon	Globe, rising sun, and hammer and sickle
Supporters	Cotton and Wheat
Motto	Бутун дунё пролетарлари, бирлашингиз! (Uzbek) Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Russian) "Workers of the world, unite!"
Earlier versions

The emblem of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on February 14, 1937 by the government of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. The emblem is based on the emblem of the Soviet Union. It shows symbols of agriculture (sickle, cotton and wheat) and heavy industry (hammer). The rising sun over a map of the Soviet Central Asia symbolizes the future of this region, while the five pointed red star stands for the "socialist revolution on all five continents".

The banner bears the Soviet Union state motto ("Workers of the world, unite!") in both the Russian and Uzbek languages. In Uzbek, it is "Бутун дунё пролетарлари, бирлашингиз!" (in the current Uzbek Latin script: "Butun dunyo proletarlari, birlashingiz!").

The acronym of the Uzbek SSR is shown only in the Uzbek alphabet.

The Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic used a variant of this emblem, with the state motto in both Karakalpak and Uzbek languages, and the republic's acronym.

Earlier version of the emblem, until the 1970s, had silver hammer and sickle.^[1][2]

The emblem was changed in 1992 to the present Emblem of Uzbekistan, which retains many parts of the old Soviet one.

References

1. Compare, e.g., Herzog H.-U., Wolf F. Flaggen und Wappen. Leipzig: VEB Bibliographisches Institut, 1967 — S. 95 and Атлас СССР. М.: ГУГК при СМ СССР, 1988 — ненумерованные страницы после стр. 16
2. Торбасов О. К вопросу о символике РКСМ(б) «Бюллетень ЦК РКСМ(б)» №2, 1 ноября 1997 г.