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| Coat of arms of the Republic of Tatarstan | |
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| Armiger | Republic of Tatarstan |
| Adopted | Februaryย 7, 1992 |
Aq Bars (Tatar: ะะบ ะะฐัั [ษq หbษrs]) or Ak Bars (Russian: ะะบ ะะฐัั [ษgโฟหbars]) is an ancient Bulgar symbol, which has served as the official symbol of the Republic of Tatarstan since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 7 February 1992. Its name is translated literally as 'White Leopard', and it typically refers to the snow leopard.
Historically, this symbol was used in Volga Bulgaria and the Khanate of Kazan (Qazan) โ predecessors of Tatarstan โ as a state symbol. The snow leopard symbol comes from the totems of one of the Bulgar tribes โ the Barsil. According to legend, the Barsils founded Bilรคr in Volga Bulgaria.
The creator of the current emblem is the artist Rif Fรคxretdinov (ะ ะธั ะคำั ัะตัะดะธะฝะพะฒ).
Historical coats of arms
editThe Russian coat of arms of Volga Bulgaria: a green shield with a silver walking lamb, holding a red gonfalone, divided by a silver[1] cross, with a golden staff.[2][3]
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The Russian coat of Arms of Volga Bulgaria
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A Russian seal, featuring the coat of arms of the Bulgarian king
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Seal of the Kazan kingdom from the royal titular book of 1672.
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Kazan Governorate (1856โ1920)
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Emblem of the Tatar ASSR (1920โ1926)
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Emblem of the Tatar ASSR (1937โ1978)
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Emblem of the Tatar ASSR (1978โ1992)
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Proposed coat of arms for the Tatar SSR (1991)
See also
edit- Flag of Tatarstan
- Ak Bars Kazan - this coat of arms is the hockey team's secondary logo, used extensively on their jerseys
- Zilant
References
edit- ^ ะะตัะฐะปัะดะธะบัะผ: ะขะธััะปัะฝัะต ะณะตัะฑั
- ^ ะะพััะธะผะฒะพะปะธะบะฐ: ะะพะปััะพะน ะณะตัะฑ ะ ะพััะธะนัะบะพะน ะธะผะฟะตัะธะธ (1882 ะณ.)
- ^ "ะัะตัะพััะธะนัะบะธะน ะะพะฝะฐัั ะธัะตัะบะธะน ะฆะตะฝัั โ ะะพะปััะพะน ะะพััะดะฐัััะฒะตะฝะฝัะน ะะตัะฑ ะ ะพััะธะนัะบะพะน ะะผะฟะตัะธะธ". Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2013-09-12.