The national emblem of the Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 1937 by the government of the Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

The chapter 10 of the Constitution contained the description of the emblem of Kalmyk ASSR: The state emblem of the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of Kalmykia is the state emblem of the RSFSR, which consists of an image of a gold sickle and a hammer, a cross placed on a cross, with handles down, a red background in the sun and framed with ears "RSFSR" and "Workers of all countries, unite!"

After the Soviet Army liberated the territory of the Kalmyk ASSR by the bodies of the OGPU and NKVD at the end of 1943, the sweeping false accusations of the entire Kalmyk people were inspired in cooperation with the Nazis, and by the decision of the State Defense Committee of the USSR, all Kalmyk people were deported to Central Asia, the Kalmyk ASSR was abolished, the territory of the former Kalmyk ASSR was included in the Astrakhan Region (part of the territory was included in the Stalingrad Region and the Stavropol Territory), and the city of Elista was renamed Stepnoy.

After the 20th Congress of the CPSU, on November 24, 1956, the Central Committee of the CPSU adopted a resolution "On Restoring the National Autonomy of the Kalmyk, Karachay, Balkar, Chechen and Ingush Peoples", which lifted the indiscriminate accusation of betrayal from the Kalmyk people and the allowance of Kalmyks to return to their former place of residence.

With the adoption of the new Constitution of the Kalmyk ASSR on May 30, 1978, at the extraordinary 8th session of the Supreme Council of the sixth convocation, the description of the emblem underwent only minor changes.