What do the eight colored bands on the USSR coat of arms mean?

Not eight stripes, the first edition (1923-1925) has 6 stripes, the second edition (1925-1936) 7 stripes, the third edition (1936-1946) 11 stripes, the fourth edition (1946-1956) 16 stripes, and the fifth edition (1956-1991) 15, with each stripe representing a joining **** and country. And each article has the name of the corresponding country written on it.

Description of the coat of arms:

The coat of arms shows the traditional Soviet hammer and sickle with the red star on the earth, and two sheaves of wheat entwined with the motto of the USSR state written in the languages of the USSR's socialist **** and states, in the reverse order of the constitutional references.

The Union ****hestates and Autonomous ****hestates have their own coat of arms, which are strongly influenced by the Soviet coat of arms.

Extended information:

The design of the Soviet Union's coat of arms fully reflects the aesthetics of the golden section, as well as the beauty of the axis of symmetry, and even more so the smoothness of the arcs.

So much so that later the national emblem of Belarus, the national emblem of the People's Republic of China, and the national emblem of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam all borrowed or even copied the design of the Soviet Union's national emblem.

And architectural reliefs of the Soviet coat of arms appear in Moscow from time to time in Russian government departments at all levels. Due to the excellent design and beautiful pattern, it has been integrated with the building. So much so that it was preserved during the "de-Sovietization" campaign led by then-Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

The Russian government in order to hang the "double-headed eagle" coat of arms, but not to destroy the Soviet Union coat of arms for the beauty of the building, had to take a compromise program, that is, hanging both the Soviet Union and Russia coat of arms.

In the Soviet Union, souvenirs with the Soviet coat of arms printed (engraved, painted) are also the most popular. The Russian Duma also succumbed to the pressure of public opinion and had to restore the title of "special historical symbol" to the USSR coat of arms.

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