The symbolism of cities and republics, as a rule, always displayed their key features - natural and geographical, historical or economic.And the coat of arms of the Altai Republic is no exception.Let us consider in more detail the symbolism of this region.
Description Emblem of the Republic of Altai
Altai - a wonderful land with stunning mountain landscapes, deep valleys and canyons, clear waters.There are about seven thousand lakes!The nature of the Altai is simply mesmerizing its virgin and beauty.
Coat of Arms of Altai Republic is included in the Heraldic Register of the country at number 187. The date of his birth can be considered in 1993, when it was formally adopted.
Coat of Arms of Altai Republic is very unusual.In its basis - the circle of bluish color of the golden cut.It depicts Kan Kerede - griffin with a lion's body and golden wings.Above it - top Uch Sumera white, and the bottom coat is decorated with ornaments, which stylistically depicts the two main rivers of the Altai - Katun and Biya.
worth noting that the coat of arms of the Republic of Altai has special semantics.It is no coincidence it depicts a griffin - the patron of nature and animals.It is designed to carry a special service - to preserve peace and quiet of his native land.The coat of arms displays very good natural features of the area.The blue circle - this is nothing like a great blue sky Altai, and in the lower part of an interesting way to depict the water of the two rivers of the republic, as well as the lake Altyn Kol.
Flag Altai
current flag of the Republic of Altai was approved in 2003.It is a traditional rectangular canvas on which there are four horizontal strips of different thickness: from above - the widest - white, bottom - blue, which occupies 1/4 of the height of the flag.Between them there are still two thin strips of blue and white (alternate color).
What semantics at this rather unusual flag?Blue stripes - a symbol of the rivers, lakes and clear sky of the republic.White stripes symbolize the desire edge to prosperity as well as peace and full consent of the People's Republic.
Arms of cities of the Altai Republic
in the Territory only one city - Gorno-Altaisk.It is home to only about 60 thousand inhabitants.In addition, in the country today there are 237 residential villages.
City of Gorno-Altaisk, of course, has its own coat of arms.He is represented in the form of a French shield, pointed at the bottom center.Typically, this form of shield is fairly typical for the Russian emblems of cities.The body shield familiar to Altai colors: blue and white.
The center of the emblem three items of antiquity: it is a bow, spear and a stone ax.These attributes work and hunting is absolutely not accidental.After all, within Gorno-Altaisk is the most important historical monument - upalinskaya archaeological sites, whose age is about 700 thousand years.This is the main highlight of the city, which is reflected in its heraldry.
In addition, the corners of the shield depicts two ancient symbols having a sacred significance for the region.In the upper left corner - the brown-brown symbol is a traditional Slavic ornament.And at the bottom right is a white sign, which is typical of the Turkic peoples.The presence of the two symbols on the coat of arms symbolizes peace and understanding between different peoples native.
In conclusion ...
coat of arms and symbols of any territory should reflect a geographical identity - the key natural and historic features of the region.Altai Republic - is, above all, a pristine and pure nature that is very well implemented in its coat of arms.It is worth noting that a key place in the symbolism of the Altai Territory took it blue.
