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Encyclopedia > Coat of arms of Kharkiv
The Coat of arms of Kharkiv.
The Coat of arms of Kharkiv.

The Coat of arms of Kharkiv is the official coat of arms of both Kharkiv city and Kharkiv Oblast. Image File history File links Charkiw-oblast-COA.PNG‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Kharkiv Oblast Bohodukhiv Kharkiv Izium Chuhuiv Balakliia Derhachi Kupiansk Lozova Liubotyn Merefa Template:Kharkiv Oblast ... Image File history File links Charkiw-oblast-COA.PNG‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Kharkiv Oblast Bohodukhiv Kharkiv Izium Chuhuiv Balakliia Derhachi Kupiansk Lozova Liubotyn Merefa Template:Kharkiv Oblast ... 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. ... Location Map of Ukraine with Kharkiv highlighted. ... Kharkiv Oblast (Харківська область, Kharkivs’ka oblast’ or Харківщина, Kharkivshchyna in Ukrainian; Харьковская &#1086...

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The coat of arms consists of a verdant shield with gold trim. A caduceus and a cornucopia are crossed on it. The caduceus symbolises good health, while the cornucopia, also called the "horn of plenty", emphasises an abundance of food. The shield is wreathed with golden oak leaves tied with a blue ribbon. The upper half of a sprocket is visible above the shield, symbolising industry. Four stalks of rye, two on either side of the sprocket, symbolise agriculture. The sprocket is surmounted by an open book with an atomic symbol, symbolising education and science. The Caduceus Two caduceuses without wings as decoration of door portal in Ztracená street in Olomouc (Czech Republic). ... Cornucopia held by the Roman goddess Aequitas on the reverse of this antoninianus struck under Roman Emperor Claudius II. The cornucopia (Latin Cornu Copiae), literally Horn of Plenty and also known as the Harvest Cone, is a symbol of food and abundance dating back to the 5th century BC. In... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Binomial name Secale cereale M.Bieb. ... “Atomic” redirects here. ... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ...


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