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Coat of arms of the Soviet Union.


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This work is not an object of copyright according to article 1259 of Book IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation No. 230-FZ of December 18, 2006.

Shall not be objects of copyright:

  • official documents of state government agencies and local government agencies of municipal formations, including laws, other legal texts, judicial decisions, other materials of legislative, administrative and judicial character, official documents of international organizations, as well as their official translations;
  • state symbols and signs (flags, emblems, orders, any forms of money, and the like), as well as symbols and signs of municipal formations;
  • works of folk art (folklore), which don't have specific authors;
  • news reports on events and facts, which have a purely informational character (daily news reports, television programs, transportation schedules, and the like).

Comment – This license tag is also applicable to official documents, state symbols and signs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (union level[1]).

Warning – This license tag is not applicable to drafts of official documents, proposed official symbols and signs, which can be copyrighted.

Warning – This Russian official document, state symbol or sign (postage stamps, coins and banknotes mainly) may incorporate one or more works that can be copyrightable if separated from this document, symbol or sign. In such a case, this work is not an object of copyright if reused in its entirety but, at the same time, extracting specific portions from this work could constitute copyright infringement. For example, the denomination and country name must be preserved on postage stamps.


  1. Official documents, state symbols and signs of 14 other Soviet Republics are the subject of law of their legal successors. See respective license tags.

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current17:55, 30 December 2005Thumbnail for version as of 17:55, 30 December 2005370 × 379 (233 KB)Vzb83~commonswikimodified version of Soviet_coat_of_arms.jpg
01:45, 10 September 2005Thumbnail for version as of 01:45, 10 September 2005181 × 191 (81 KB)Karl Dickmanfix error I made
01:41, 10 September 2005Thumbnail for version as of 01:41, 10 September 2005597 × 600 (70 KB)Karl DickmanReverted to earlier revision
02:10, 31 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 02:10, 31 August 2005181 × 191 (81 KB)AlbertR~commonswiki
03:20, 19 March 2005Thumbnail for version as of 03:20, 19 March 2005597 × 600 (70 KB)Berkut~commonswikibetter version from http://www.gerb.bel.ru/pages/russia/ussr.htm
13:18, 30 November 2004Thumbnail for version as of 13:18, 30 November 2004181 × 191 (81 KB)Chris 73transparent background

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