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The coat of arms of the country of Kazakhstan
The coat of arms of the country of Kazakhstan

The coat of Kazakhstan exists since the dissolving of the Soviet Union 25 December 1991. Image File history File links Kazakh_coa. ... Image File history File links Kazakh_coa. ... Events Han dynasty was restored in China as Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor, start of jiangwu era (->56). ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The coat of arms has a circular form and carries the colors blue and yellow. Blue represents the blue sky and yellow is the symbol of the agriculture which blossomed in the Soviet era. To the left and right of the coat of arms, two unicorns with wings look away from each other. Blue is any of a number of similar colors. ... Yellow is any color of light that stimulates both the red and green cone cells of the retina, but not the blue cone cells. ... A typical daytime sky. ... Soviet redirects here. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...


In the upper part of the coat of arms, there is a star, this hints a bit of the socialist control. The Pleiades star cluster A star is a massive body of plasma in outer space that is currently producing or has produced energy through nuclear fusion. ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ...


In the lower part of the coat of arms, the motto is stated: "ҚA3AҚCTAH."


In the middle there is a wheel, this refers again to agriculture. A driving wheel on a steam locomotive. ...


 

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