Emblem of Kazakhstan

The coat of arms of Kazakhstan has been around since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it was officially confirmed on 25 December 1991.

The authors are Shandarbek Melibekow and Shota Ualikhanow which prevailed in the final against 245 designs and 67 representations.

Description

The coat of arms has a circular shape and wears the colors blue and yellow. Blue, as a symbol of blue sky and the Turkic peoples, which include the Kazakhs. Yellow is a symbol of agriculture that flourished in the Soviet period. Left and right on the coat of arms there are two unicorns with wings that look away from each other.

In the upper part of the coat of arms is a star, this points to the breath of socialist rule to.

In the lower part of the coat of arms is a banner with the inscription " ҚАЗАҚСТАН " - the Kazakh spelling for Kazakhstan.

In the middle is a Schangyrak ( kasach. - kyrill. Шаңырақ, kasach. - lat. Şañıraq ), the crown of a Kazakh yurt. It is available both for the historical heritage of the country as well as a look into the future.

History

The coat of arms adopted on 26 March 1937, the Kazakh SSR was based on the State Emblem of Soviet Union.

At the center of the coat of arms were hammer and sickle above the rising sun. A wreath of grain ears pointed to agriculture as the main source of income of Kazakhstan.

On a tape of the motto "Workers of the world unite " in Russian and Kazakh, the two official languages ​​of the Republic.

At the crossroads of ears the initial state was in Cyrillic.

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