Sverdlovsk region is often called the mainstay of the country. And what does her flag say? Which animal heads the coat of arms of the Sverdlovsk Region and why? This will be discussed later in this article.
A little bit about the area
The Sverdlovsk Region is the largestregion of the Urals. It is called the support of the state because of the huge number of industrial enterprises. Here there are several thousand metallurgical, machine-building plants, extract and process minerals. In addition to industry, the region is famous for the extraction of precious and semiprecious stones. According to the deposits of emeralds, this region competes only with two countries of the world: Canada and Colombia.
In Soviet times, the region was inaccessible toforeigners, precisely because of industrial specialization. For the construction of the titans of the industry in the region formerly sent to repressed and dekulakized citizens, and in the war years sent prisoners of war. The number of foreign prisoners of war was more than eighty thousand. Some of their descendants still live in the Sverdlovsk region. According to the 2010 census, the number of the German population in the region is 14,914 people, which is 0.3%.
In 1993, a referendum was held, in whichit was proposed to change the status of the region to the Urals Republic. The majority (87%) of the population voted positively, but the Urals Republic lasted only five months.
Flag of the region
The flag and the coat of arms of the Sverdlovsk region areofficially recognized and approved symbols. The flag was approved in 2005. The rectangular panel is divided by four horizontal lines. The colors of the lines are from the top down: white, blue, white and green. The two upper broad lines are symbols of the Middle and Northern Urals. The two lower lines are much narrower, they are symbols of deposits of minerals and metals. The lower lines also repeat the colors of the historical coat of arms of the city of Yekaterinburg.
Coat of Arms of Sverdlovsk Region: description
There are two options.This is the complete coat of arms and a small coat of arms of the Sverdlovsk Region. The version of the full coat of arms was adopted and approved in 2005. On the shield of red or scarlet color on two legs is a silver sable. With his front paws he holds an arrow of golden color, dropping it with a tip down. At the top of the heraldic shield is the golden imperial crown. On the sides are golden-colored griffins. With one paw, they hold the shield, and the other hold the flags of the flag of the area. At their feet, golden cedar branches and a scarlet thread are twisted, on which the main characteristic of the region is written with silver - "the supporting edge of the state".
In the early version of the arms were missing griffins.Cedar leaves bordered him from below and from the sides. The crown, crowning the coat of arms, was scarlet, from under it peeped a blue ribbon, falling off at the sides and intertwined with the leaves of cedar. On the red ribbon at the foot of the shield there was an inscription - "Sverdlovsk Region". Sable, holding the arrow, looked in the opposite direction from her. In the modern version, the animal looks at the arrow.
The small coat of arms of the Sverdlovsk region is only a red shield with the image of a sable with an arrow and a crown over a shield. Griffins, cedar branches and red ribbon with a gold edging are absent.
Coat of Arms of Sverdlovsk Region: value
Previously, the region was part of the Siberian kingdom, owhich is evidenced by the sable depicted on the coat of arms. Zverek exactly repeats the sable figure on the coat of arms of the Verkhoturye district in 1783. Sable on the coat of arms Verhoturya several times changed its color. In 1862, it was red, and in 2002 it turned black. Thus, continuity is expressed in the Sverdlovsk sable. The symbolic meaning of the animal consists not so much in hunting as in independence and purity.
Elements, which includes the coat of armsSverdlovsk region, symbolize all its advantages and fully characterize the region. The leaves and branches of the cedar symbolize the richness of the forests of this region and speak of the predominance of coniferous plantations.
The figures of griffins refer us back to the timesAristea. There is a version that the mountains, which, according to legend, are called to protect the griffins are the mountains of the Ural range. Herodotus griffins guard gold. Holding the arms in their paws, they are a symbol of the region's wealth, full of emeralds, gold, ore and beryllium.
The image of griffins on the arms often indicates strength and strength. In this case, the griffins report the military and industrial power of the region.
Flags holding griffins reportinvolvement in the Russian army. Images of banners are taken from the family coat of arms of the family of V.N. Tatishchev. These elements also speak of the recognition of VN Tatishchev's contribution to the development of the Ural region, as well as the courage and heroism of the inhabitants of the region during the Second World War.
The phrase on the red ribbon at the bottom of the shield is taken from the poem by A. T. Twardovsky.
Finally…
The flag and the coat of arms of the Sverdlovsk Region inform about the historical past of the region, linking it with Verkhoturye and Yekaterinburg. Simultaneously, all their elements report on the wealth and power of the region.
