The coat of arms of Yelisavetgrad could be blazoned in the following way: "Per fesse Or and Gules, in chief a two-headed eagle displayed Sable gorged with Order of Saint Andrew and an Escutcheon Gules St. George proper mounted and defeating the Serpent, charged on wings with Arms of Astrakhan, Siberia, Georgia, Finland, Kiev-Vladimir-Novgorod, Taurica, Poland and Kazan, ensigned by three imperial crowns, in base a six-bastioned Fort, axis crosswise, Gules fimbriated Or, on a Fort Gules a Monogram of Elizabeth of Russia accompanied by "17" and "54" Or".