Moldavian SSR coat of arms 1940-1991

The coat of arms of Transnistria is a remodeled version of the former Moldavian SSR coat of arms that was substituted by the internationally-recognized Moldovan government after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Transnistria COA. from the Estonian wiki, apparently from geraldika. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 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. ... Transnistria or Transdniestria (Russian: Приднестровье, Pridnestrovye; Romanian: Transnistria; referred to as Stînga Nistrului (Left Bank of the Nistru) by official Moldovan sources, Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika by Transnistrian official sources, and Moldavian Republic of Transdniestria (MRT) by European Court of Human Rights) is a breakaway entity from Moldova, in... State motto: Пролетарь дин тоате цэриле, униць-вэ! Official language None. ... The rise of Gorbachev Although reform stalled between 1964–1982, the generational shift gave new momentum for reform. ...