National emblem of Belarus
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The national emblem of Belarus features a ribbon in the colors of the national flag, a silhouette of Belarus, wheat ears and a red star. It is sometimes referred to as the coat of arms of Belarus, although in heraldic terms this is inaccurate as the emblem does not respect the rules of conventional heraldry. The emblem is an allusion to one that was used by the Byelorussian SSR, designed by Ivan Dubasov in 1950, with the biggest change being a replacement of the Communist hammer and sickle with a silhouette of Belarus. The Belarusian name is Dziaržaŭny hierb Respubliki Biełaruś (Дзяржаўны герб Рэспублікі Беларусь), and the name in Russian is Gosudarstvennyĭ gerb Respubliki Belarusʹ (Государственный герб Республики Беларусь).
State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus | |
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Armiger | Republic of Belarus |
Adopted | 1937 (original design) 1958 (modified) 1995 (restored) 2020 (current design) |
Crest | Red star |
Supporters | Stalks of wheat, clover and flax |
Motto | Рэспубліка Беларусь (Belarusian) "Republic of Belarus" |
Earlier version(s) | |
Use | Coat of arms of Belarus from 1991 to 1995 |
Between 1991 and 1995, Belarus used a coat of arms, known as the Pahonia, as its national emblem. The Pahonia was originally a symbol of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, of which Belarus had historically been a part.[1]