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

The constitution came into force after being approved by the third session of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR during its first convocation on June 2, 1940.

[1] May 5, 1939, the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Tatar ASSR adopted a decree "On the transfer of the Tatar alphabet from the Latin alphabet to the Cyrillic letters", which was approved by the Law of the Tatar ASSR on August 17, 1939.

The article 157 of the constitution added a red five-pointed star to the emblem.

[2] The regulation on the arms of the Tatar ASSR was approved by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Tatar ASSR on June 1, 1981.