As a coat of arms of the Moscow prince, the serpent-rider was established during the reign of Ivan III.
In the 1710s, the first horseman on the Moscow coat of arms called St. George Peter I.
The first official coat of arms of the city of Moscow was approved on December 20, 1781, its description read:
"St. George on horseback against the same, as in the middle of the state arms; in a red field, striking with a copy of a black serpent "
In 1883, the coat of arms was mirrored in accordance with the rules of Western European heraldry
On September 22, 1924, the new coat of arms of the city with Soviet symbols was drawn up by the architect D. Osipov (author of the emblem of the Monument of the Soviet Constitution on Moscow's Tverskaya Square depicted in the center) and approved by the Presidium of the Moscow Soviet. Description of the arms:
a) In the central part of the oval shield inscribed five-pointed star. This is the victorious symbol of the Red Army.
b) Obelisk against the background of the star, which is the first revolutionary monument of the RSFSR in memory of the October Revolution (set in front of the Moscow City Council building). It is a symbol of the firmness of Soviet power.
c) Sickle and Hammer - the emblem of the workers 'and peasants' government.
d) The cogwheel and associated rye ears, depicted by the oval of the shield, are a symbol of the link between the city and the village where the wheel with the inscription "RSFSR" defines industry, and rye ears - agriculture.
e) Below on both sides are the emblems that characterize the most developed industry in the Moscow province: on the left is an anvil - this emblem of metalworking production, to the right of the shuttle - of textile production.
f) Below the inscription "The Moscow Soviet of Workers, Peasants and Red Army Deputies", on the ribbon, there is a "dynamo" - the emblem of electrification.
As a coat of arms of the Moscow prince, the serpent-rider was established during the reign of Ivan III.
In the 1710s, the first horseman on the Moscow coat of arms called St. George Peter I.
The first official coat of arms of the city of Moscow was approved on December 20, 1781, its description read:
"St. George on horseback against the same, as in the middle of the state arms; in a red field, striking with a copy of a black serpent "
In 1883, the coat of arms was mirrored in accordance with the rules of Western European heraldry
On September 22, 1924, the new coat of arms of the city with Soviet symbols was drawn up by the architect D. Osipov (author of the emblem of the Monument of the Soviet Constitution on Moscow's Tverskaya Square depicted in the center) and approved by the Presidium of the Moscow Soviet. Description of the arms:
a) In the central part of the oval shield inscribed five-pointed star. This is the victorious symbol of the Red Army.
b) Obelisk against the background of the star, which is the first revolutionary monument of the RSFSR in memory of the October Revolution (set in front of the Moscow City Council building). It is a symbol of the firmness of Soviet power.
c) Sickle and Hammer - the emblem of the workers 'and peasants' government.
d) The cogwheel and associated rye ears, depicted by the oval of the shield, are a symbol of the link between the city and the village where the wheel with the inscription "RSFSR" defines industry, and rye ears - agriculture.
e) Below on both sides are the emblems that characterize the most developed industry in the Moscow province: on the left is an anvil - this emblem of metalworking production, to the right of the shuttle - of textile production.
f) Below the inscription "The Moscow Soviet of Workers, Peasants and Red Army Deputies", on the ribbon, there is a "dynamo" - the emblem of electrification.