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| Emblem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| Armiger: | Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Year Adopted: | 10 February 1941 |
| Crest: | Red star |
| Shield: | Rising sun with hammer and sickle |
| Supporters: | Wheat, corn, grape and fruit |
| Motto: | "Workers of the world, unite!" Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Пролетарь дин тоате цэриле, уници-вэ! (Romanian in Moldovan Cyrillic) Russian: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Russian) |
The coat of arms of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on 10 February 1941 by the government of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (Moldavian SSR). The coat of arms is based on the coat of arms of the Soviet Union. It shows symbols of agriculture, an outer rim featuring wheat, corn, grapes and clover. The red banner bears the Soviet Union state motto ("Workers of the world, unite!") in both the Romanian language (in Moldovan Cyrillic) and the Russian language. In Romanian, it was initially "Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Пролетарь дин тоате цэриле, униць-вэ!"; then, from the 1950s "Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Пролетарь дин тоате цэриле, уници-вэ!". Both are written in the Latin alphabet as "Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă!". The acronym MSSR is shown only in Romanian in Moldovan Cyrillic ("Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: РССМ"). The emblem was replaced on 3 November 1990 by the present coat of arms of Moldova. Currently, the unrecognized breakaway state of Transnistria uses a similar state emblem.
A provisional emblem for the Moldavian SSR was created immediately after the formation of the republic on 28 June 1940. The emblem was similar to that of the Ukrainian SSR.
On 10 February 1941, the Supreme Council of the Moldavian SSR of the first convocation adopted the Constitution of the Moldavian SSR, in article 122 of which the State Emblem of the Moldavian SSR was described: