Emblem of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

The red star rising above the Caucasus stands for the future of the Georgian nation, and the hammer and sickle for the victory of Communism and the "world-wide socialist community of states".

The Revolutionary Committee of the SSR of Georgia twice, at its meetings, on March 8 and May 15, 1921, raised the question of the coat of arms.

To approve the coat of arms of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia as follows: a round red field, in the upper part of which there is a luminous five-pointed star with rays extending all over the field; beneath - a snowy ridge of blue and violet, on the right side - golden bread ears and on the left - golden vines with grape clusters.

Most of the middle of the field is occupied by images of the golden sickle and hammer, which abut above the luminous star, below - to the tops of the ridge, and on the sides - into the ears and vines.

[2] In the opinion of the commission set up in 1937 under the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, it was necessary to add the name of the republic to the coat of arms of the Georgian SSR, to introduce a red five-pointed star, and to represent citrus and tea between the ears and grapevines.

According to V. Potseluev's book Emblems of the USSR, on February 13, 1937, the Extraordinary VIII Congress of Soviets of the Georgian SSR adopted a new Constitution of the Georgian SSR, in which the arms were described as follows: The State Emblem of the Georgian SSR consists of from the round red field, in the upper part of which is depicted a luminous five-pointed star with rays extending all over the field, below - a blue snow ridge, on the right side - golden ears and on the left - golden vines with grape clusters.

Emblem of the Georgian SSR on a 1937 postage stamp