Emblem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic The official description of the coat of arms in the text of the Constitution: The emblem was changed in 1992 to the present Tajikistan coat of arms, which uses a design similar to that of the Soviet one. Emblem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic The State Emblem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on March 1, 1937 by the government of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. The emblem is based on the State Emblem of the Soviet Union. It shows symbols of agriculture (cotton and wheat). The red star is prominently featured with a small hammer and
Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic The flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic flag shows a yellow hammer and sickle and outlined star on a red field above rippling water at the bottom, and was adopted by the (former) Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic on January 17, 1953. The first socialist Latvian state, the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic, shown a red flag with the inscription "LSPR". Prior to this, from 25 August 1940, the flag was red with the gold hammer and sickle in the top-left corner, with the Latin characters "LPSR" ("Latvijas Padomju Sociālistiskā Republika") above them in