In this article we will discuss the coat of arms of Rybinsk. Its description will be considered in detail. This identification mark serves as a symbol of the municipality and has an official status. By the decision of the municipal council, the emblem was approved in 2006, on June 22. The decision was assigned No. 51. This mark is not entered in the heraldic register.
Picture
The coat of arms of the city of Rybinsk shows a scarlet heraldic shield. Here you can see the azure belt. It is in an scarlet field. Above it is a green coast and a golden pier. A rising black bear comes out from behind her. In his left paw on his shoulder he holds a golden ax. Double bridges extend over the belt. They are also golden. The belt below the bridges is encumbered with two silver sterlets.
Occurrence
The historical emblem of Rybinsk by Empress Catherine II was highly approved in 1778. Together with him received the official status and heraldic signs of other cities of Yaroslavl governorate. In the Complete Collection of Laws of the Russian Empire, decision No. 14765 is dated June 20, 1778. However, the attached figures indicate another day for the approval of the emblems. They point to August 31, 1778.
History and significance
The author of the coat of arms of Rybinsk is a fellow herald master, college adviser I.I. von Enden. In 1863 there was a reform. It concerned heraldic images, and in the course of its implementation, a project of the updated coat of arms of Rybinsk was created. Officially, this sign of the county town of Yaroslavl province was never approved. In accordance with the project, a wave-shaped belt was placed in the scarlet shield. At the tip of the shield he was accompanied by two golden sterlets. Also here you could see a golden pillar. He framed a shield. The emblem of the Yaroslavl province was located in the free part. The shield was surrounded by golden ears of wheat. He was crowned by a silver walled crown. Ears connected the Alexander ribbon. The historical emblem of the city was not used in the Soviet period. In 1984, the city was renamed Andropov. A coat of arms was not created for a settlement with this name. In 1989, the city returned the name Rybinsk. He was part of the eponymous municipal district.
