[1][2] It consists of a Siberian tiger standing on four legs with the tail and the head turned upwards, of which the latter is facing the observer.

The emblem is a heraldic French shield (the ratio of width to height is 8:9) and the background represents the color of the geographical characteristics of the Russian Far East, which includes taigas, hills, and meadows.

[7] On 28 March 1928, the Presidium of the General Executive Committee of the USSR passed the decree "On the attaching for Komzet of free territory near the Amur River in the Far East for settlement of the working Jews.

[13] However, the current version of the coat of arms was officially declared on April 23, 2008, with "Law of the Jewish Autonomous Region (#369-OZ) On State Symbols of the Jewish Autonomous Region", which states: "The coat of arms of the region is a heraldic French shield (the ratio of width to height is 8:9) of aquamarine color, in the upper and lower parts of which there are narrow horizontal stripes, consisting of white, blue and white stripes, equal in width to each other, making up 1/50 height of the coat of arms and symbolizing the Bira and Bijan rivers.

"[14] In 2009, the Central Bank of Russia issued 10 million ten-ruble coins dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Jewish autonomous region.