Republic of Upper Volta Republic of Upper Volta The Republic of Upper Volta (), now Burkina Faso, was a landlocked West African country established on December 11, 1958, as a self-governing colony within the French Community. Before attaining autonomy it had been French Upper Volta and part of the French Union. On August 5, 1960, it attained full independence from France. Thomas Sankara came to power through a military coup d'état on August 4, 1983. After the coup, he formed the National Council for the Revolution (CNR), with himself as president. Under the direction of Sankara, the country changed its name on August 4,
Emblem of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic smaller size "ҚҚАССР". Changes in the emblem of 1978: the abbreviation of the name of the republic in Russian was deleted; the distribution of the words of the motto on the ribbon turns has changed - if earlier on each tape there were two words arranged in two rows, now there are four words on the upper turn of the tape (in two rows), and on the bottom - only one. Emblem of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Emblem of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The first Constitution of the Karakalpak ASSR was adopted on December 21, 1934,