The coat of arms of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on March 26, 1937, by the government of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. The coat of arms is based on the coat of arms of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

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It shows symbols of agriculture

Agriculture

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, two sheaves of wheat

Wheat

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. The rising Sun

Sun

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 stands for the future of the Kazakh nation, the red star

Red star

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 as well as the hammer and sickle

Hammer and sickle

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 for the victory of Communism

Communism

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 and the "world-wide Socialist community of states".

The banner bears the Soviet Union state motto ("Workers of the world, unite!

Workers of the world, unite!

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") in both the Russian

Russian language

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 and Kazakh language

Kazakh language

Kazakh is a Turkic language which belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic languages, closely related to Nogai and Karakalpak....

s. In Kazakh, it is Барлық елдеpдің пролетарлары, бірігіңдер! (transliterated: "Barlıq elderdiñ proletarları, birigiñder!").

The acronym "KSSR" is shown in both the Russian

Russian alphabet

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 and Kazakh alphabet

Kazakh alphabet

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Since 1978, the sickle was placed over the hammer.

A new coat of arms of Kazakhstan

Coat of arms of Kazakhstan

The emblem of Kazakhstan was adopted on June 4, 1992. The authors of the emblem are Jandarbek Melibekov and Shota Walikhanov. About 245 projects and 67 description designs of the future arms took part in the final competition.-Overview:...

 was adopted following the dissolving of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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on December 26, 1991.