Aq Bars or Snow Leopard. Symbol of the Russian republic of Tatarstan.

The Russian seal, featuring the Coat of Arms of the Bulgarian king.

Aq Bars (or Ak Bars) (Cyrillic: Ак Барс) is the coat of arms of Tatarstan. It is an ancient Bolgar symbol translated as White Leopard or Snow Leopard, and has been in use since 1991 as the official symbol of Tatarstan. Image File history File links Coat_of_Arms_of_Tatarstan. ... Image File history File links Coat_of_Arms_of_Tatarstan. ... Binomial name Schreber, 1775 Range map Synonyms Panthera uncia The Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia[1] or Panthera uncia[3]), sometimes known as the Ounce, is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of central and southern Asia. ... Republic of Tatarstan (Russian: ; Tatar: ) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Little Minaret in Bolghar For other uses, see Bulgaria (disambiguation). ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several East and South Slavic languages; (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... Republic of Tatarstan (Russian: ; Tatar: ) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). ... Bulgars (also Bolgars or proto-Bulgarians) a people of Central Asia, probably originally Pamirian, whose branches became Slavicized and perhaps Turkic over time. ... Binomial name Schreber, 1775 Range map Synonyms Panthera uncia The Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia[1] or Panthera uncia[3]), sometimes known as the Ounce, is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of central and southern Asia. ...

Historically, this symbol was used in Volga Bulgaria and the Khanate of Kazan (Qazan) - predecessors of Tatarstan - as a state symbol. The snow leopard symbol comes from the totems of one of the Bulgar tribes - the Barsil. According to legend, the Barsils founded Bilär in Volga Bulgaria. The Little Minaret in Bolghar For other uses, see Bulgaria (disambiguation). ... Map of Kazan Khanate, early 1500s The Kazan Khanate (Tatar: Qazan xanlığı; Russian: Казанское ханство) (1438-1552) was a Tatar state on the territory of former Volga Bulgaria with its capital in Kazan. ... Qazan may refer to one of the following: Kazan, city in Russia Qazan Khan, ruler of the Chagatai Khanate in 1343 - 46 This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For the people of Central Asia see Bulgars Bulgar language is an extinct language commonly considered Turkic but more recently Indo-Iranian Bulgar, or bulgarish is Yiddish word for Romanian dance bugarească (means Bulgarian cf. ... A semi-nomadic Eurasian tribe, probably of Turkic linguistic affiliation. ... Bilär (Bülär) – Medieval city in Volga Bulgaria in 10th – 13th centuries. ... The Little Minaret in Bolghar For other uses, see Bulgaria (disambiguation). ...

The creator of the current coat of arms is the artist Rif Zägri ulı Fäxretdinev.

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