The rising sun stands for the future of the Soviet Ukrainian nation, the red star as well as the hammer and sickle for communism and the "world-wide socialist community of states".

In the summer of 1947, the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (the Communist Party of Ukraine) discussed the question of bringing the coat of arms of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to the standard in the USSR: the top was decided to add a star, change the location of the inscriptions.

On 1 December 1947, to consult with the design of the coat of arms, Mykhailo Hrechukha, who was the Chairman of Presidium of Verkhovna Rada at the current time, send a letter to Demyan Korotchenko, who was the head of state of the Ukrainian SSR.

Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine Comrade Demyan Korotchenko In most of the Union Soviet republics on the state arms, the words "Workers of all countries, unite!"

01 December 1947 Mykhailo HrechukhaAfter that, Korotchenko and Hrechukha continued the letter to Lazar Kaganovich, who was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Bolsheviks).

Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine Comrade Lazar Kaganovich On 17 July this year, The Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolshevik), considering the question "On Amendments to the Image of the State Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR", decided to add to the image of the coat of arms of the Ukrainian SSR at the top of it, between the ears, a five-pointed star, as the emblem of the USSR.

In the process of implementing this decision, it became necessary to bring the State Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR into line with the arms of the majority of the Union republics, in which the words "Proletarians of all countries!"

Comrade Mykhailo Hrechukha According to the draft you submitted to the State Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR of our country, there are no comments.

The Draft Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR on this issue is necessary to supplement with two paragraphs of the following content: 1.

Nikolay Shvernik 14 January 1948After the changes were done, the result was given to Nikita Khrushchev, who was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Bolsheviks).

Put the five-pointed star, on top of the coat of arms between the ends of the wreath, and symbolizes the emblem of the USSR.