History

Timeline

1756: Annexated by China

1912: Independent  Urjanchai republic proclaimed

1914: Russian protectorate

1918: The Tuvan goverment recognized the Russian Federation an sets itself under its protection

1918-1919: Occupied by the russian White Armies

1919-1920: Occupied by the Russian Red army

1920-1921: Occupied by China

1921, august: People’s Republic of  Tannu Tuva

1926: People’s Republic of Tuva

1944: Russian autonomous district (autonome provincie)

1961: Tuvan ASSR (autonomous  republic)

1992: Republic of Tuva

During the 1911 revolution in China, tsarist Russia encouraged a separatist movement among the Tuvans. Tsar Nicholas II ordered Russian troops into Tuva in 1912, as Russian settlers were allegedly being attacked. Tuva became nominally independent as the Urjanchai Republic before being brought under Russian protectorate as the Uryankhay Kray on 17 April 1914. It was then part of the Yeniseysk Governorate. This move was requested by a number of prominent Tuvans, including the High Lama. A Tuvan capital was established, called Belotsarsk (Белоца́рск; literally, "Town of White Tsar"). Meanwhile, in 1911, Mongolia became independent, though under Russian protection.

Following the Russian Revolution of 1917 which ended the Tsar's rule, most of Tuva was occupied from 5 July 1918 to 15 July 1919 by Aleksandr Kolchak's "White" Russian troops. Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov was named governor of the territory. In the autumn of 1918 the southwestern part was occupied by Chinese troops and the southern part by Mongol troops led by Khatanbaatar Magsarjav.

Independence

From July 1919 to February 1920 the communist Red Army controlled Tuva, but from 19 February 1920 to June 1921 it was occupied by China under governor Yan Shichao. On 14 August 1921 the Bolsheviks (supported by Russia) established a Tuvan People's Republic, popularly called Tannu-Tuva. In 1926, the capital (Belotsarsk; Khem-Beldyr since 1918) was renamed Kyzyl, meaning "Red". Tuva was an independent state between the World Wars.

The state's first ruler, Prime Minister Donduk, sought to strengthen ties with Mongolia and establish Buddhism as the state religion. This unsettled the Kremlin, which orchestrated a coup carried out in 1929 by five young Tuvan graduates of Moscow's Communist University of the Toilers of the East. In 1930 the pro-Soviet government began to reform the writing system, first replacing Mongol script with a Latin script, then adopting a Cyrillic script in 1943. Under the leadership of Party Secretary Salchak Toka, ethnic Russians were granted full citizenship rights and Buddhist and Mongol influences on the Tuvan state and society were systematically reduced.

In World War II the state contributed infantry, armored, and cavalry troops to fight against Germany. Under Soviet command a number of units distinguished themselves and received Tuvan medals

Annexation to the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union annexed Tuva outright in 1944, apparently with the approval of Tuva's Little Khural (parliament), though there was no referendum on the issue. The exact circumstances surrounding Tannu-Tuva's incorporation into the USSR in 1944 remain obscure. Salchak Toka, the leader of Tuvan communists, was given the title of First Secretary of the Tuvan Communist Party, and became the de facto ruler of Tuva until his death in 1973. Tuva was made the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast and then became the Tuva ASSR on 10 October 1961.

Heraldry

V.A.  Sokolov

At the beginning of the 20th century Tuva, located between Mongolia and Siberia, was a land of nomadic livestock breeders. The working arats (peoples) revolted for years and on 14 august 1921 founded their own state – the Tannu-Tuva People’s Republic (TTPR). Under the leadership of the People’s Revolutionary Party the working people of Tuva started to effect fundamental social and economic changes in their country. The flag of this party is still preserved in the State Museum in the capital Kyzyl Khoto (Red City). During these years plain red flags were also used in Tuva.

The first constitutions of the TTPR. adopted in 1921 and 1924, did not contain articles describing the state flag and coat of arms of the TTPR. Such a description was given for the first time in the constitution adopted on 24 November 1926, which changed the name of the country into Tuvinian People’s Republic. Article 28 of this constitution said that

the seals of the Great Khuruldan (Legislature), the Government, ministries and other departments shall be of a rectangular form; in the middle of the obverse side of the seal there shall be engraved the Khorlo [1] and inside the Khorlo is the globe of the earth in the rays of the sun and at the top there shall be a sickle and rake framed by a wreath of grain, with the name of the appropriate department being at either side.

Aricle 29 said that “the state coat of arms shall consist of the image described in Article 28” while  Article 30 provided that “the state flag shall be red with the state coat of arms in the middle.” [2]

Changes in the state flag and coat of arms of Tuva were made in 1930. On 28 June of that year a romanized Tuvinian alphabet was introduced in Tuva; before that inscriptions in Tuva, inclding the name of the country which appeared on the flag, were made in Uighur, the old Mongolian script. Moreover, on 18 October 1930 a new constitution was adopted for Tuva. Its Article 58 said that

the state coat of arms of the Tuvinian Arat (People’s) Republic shall consist of a depiction against a red background of a globe framed by a wreath of ears of wheat and grass, in the middle of the globe shall be a sickle and rake, crosswise, and above the globe is a five-pointed star with the inscription ‘TAR’and “Workers of  All Lands and Oppressed Peoples of the East, Unite!”

Article 60 said that “the state flag shall be  red with the state coat of arms in the middle.”[3]

In 1933 the Fourth Session of the Little Khural made changes in the state coat of arms and flag of the Tuvinian Arat Republic (TAR). The new coat of arms of Tuva featured a five-pointed star framed by a border of yellow-red-yellow. Within this border was a depiction, against a blue background, of the TAR territory in greyish-brown and a rider – wearing the red national dress, a black hat with a red band, and black top-boots – astride a white horse, The sun is to the northwest with a green sickle arching from the southeast to the north and, below, the inscriptions “TAR” and “Workers and Oppressed Peoples of All Lands Unite” in yellow.

The new state flag of 1933 was of red with the coat of arms in the middle. This coat of arms meant that Tuva, which had become independend thanks to the October Revolution in Russia, was a people’s revolutionary republic where the main branch of the national economy was animal husbandry supported by stock breeding [4] The flag and coat of arms were both displayed on the Government House of Tuva.

On 25 June 1941 a new constitution was adopted in Tuva, according to which [5] the state flag  of this republic consisted

Of a red cloth with the letters TAR in gold depicted in the upper left corner next to the staf. The staff is topped by a five-pointed star. The ratio of width to length is 1:2.

As for the new state coat of arms it consisted of a depiction in the center of the TAR territory, against a blue background, of part of the globe, of a riding arat with an uruk [a kind of lasso] in his right hand galloping towards the gold rays of the sun lighting the TAR territory from above from the left. In the upper part of the coat of arms is a fivepointed star with the inscription below it: “Workers and Oppressed Peoples of the East Unite!” Under the depiction of the TAR territory are a sickle and hammer, crosswise, and below them, on the red ribbon whose ends intertwined with the lower parts of ears of wheat and steppe grass framing the entire representation of the coat of arms, are the letters “TAR’ in gold

At that time the inscriptions on the flag and coat of arms of Tuva were made in the romanized alphabet. On 8 Septembver 1943 a new alphabet based on Cyrillic lettering was introduced in the republic and all inscriptions on the flag  and coat of arms  began to be made in this new alphabet.

A firm friendship developed between the Tuvinian people and the peoples of the USSR. The desire to consolidate this friendship forever found its expression in the aspiration of Tuvinians to join the USSR. To the request of that nature from the working people of the TAR dated 26 April 1941, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR responded favorably in its Decree of 11 October 1944. Tuva became an autonomous region of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic and at that time its former coat of arms and flag became null and void, as autonomous regions within the USSR do not possess individual flag and coat of arms.

On 10 October 1961 Tuva was reorganized into an autonomous republic: on that date the history of its state flag and coat of arms resumed. In this connection on 10 January 1962 the Supreme Soviet of the Tuvinian ASSR adopted the “Lawe on the Coat of Arms, Flag, and Capital of the Republic”accordig to which according to which  as the state flag (10) of the Tuvinian ASSR there was adopted

the State flag of the RSFSR, consisting of a red cloth with a light blue stripe at the staff along the whole width of the flag

The light blue stripe be one-eight of the length of the flag. A sickle and hammer in gold shall be depicted in the upper left corner and above them a five-pointed red star edged in gold and below the sickle and hammer shall be the gold letters Тувинская ACCP (Tuvinian ASSR). the ration of the width of the flag to its length is 1:2,

On 27 December 1971 the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tuvinian ASSR adopted the “Statute on the State Flag of the Tuvinian ASSR”which confirmed the positions of the sickle, hammer, star, and stripe on the flag as well as the procedure of its use. According to the law of 19 January 1962,

the state coat of arms of the RSFSR consisting of a representaion of a sickle and hammer in gold positioned crosswise with the handles down against a red background in the rays of the sun and framed  by grain with the inscription ПPOЛETAPИИ BCEX CTPAH COEДИHЯЙTECЬ!” [Workers of All Countries, Unite!] in Russuian an Tuvinan language

became the state coat of arms of the Tuvinian ASSR.

In 1978 the RSFSR made a change in its coat of arms. Tuva also made a corresponding change in its coat of arms, adding a five-pointed star at the top and alternating the inscriptions on the shield (!!). Since that time no changes have been made in the representation of the coat of arms.

The state flag of the Tuvinian ASSR was changed in connection with the adoption of a new constitution of this republic. On 10 November 1978, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet approved a new “Statute on the State Flag of the Tuvinian of the Tuvinian ASSR” according to which the inscription Tuvinian ASSR was put on the flag in both Russian and Tuvinian languages.

The symbolism of the contemporary state flag and coat of arm of the Tuvinian ASSR is identical to the symbolism of colors and figures of the state flag and coat of arms of the RSFSR. Only the inscriptions on the flag an coat of arms in Tuvinian individualize them and convey the idea of the equality of the Tuvinian people in the united family of the peoples of the Russian federation. [6]

Uryankhay Kray

1914-1918

Coat of arms of Jenisejk Governorate

Seal of the manager of western Uryankay hoshunom (kozhuun)

17th otokov (island) at River Khemchik

From the time of the Russian Protectorate. 50Í55cm ca. Russian Imperial Eagle, inscriptions in Russian and Manchu script

* Kozhuun (Tuvan: кожуун) is the Tuvan term of a historical administrative division known as a banner.

Tuva historically had nine kozhuun. Each kozhuun was divided into sumu each subdivided into arban.

The nine kozhuun of Tuva were:

Beezi

Daa-van and Choodu

Khaasuut

Khemchik

Nibazy

Oyunnar

Salchak

Shalyk

Tozhu

White- and Red Russian Army Occupation

1918-c. 1921

Roberto Breschi

Flag only known by reconstruction,

hoisted in 1918 and used until 1921when Tuva became an independent republic.

A light blue cloth charged with a yellow wheel of law (Cakra, tibetan: korlo).

Танну-Тувинскaя Народнaя Республикa

1921-1926

On 8 February 1922, at the first meeting of the Tuvan People’s Revolutionary Party, created by the representatives of the Comintern, a Party Central Committee was elected and a Tuvan government was set up, which began its work on  2 March 1922.

From 1921 to 1926 Tuva did not have a coat of arms and a flag. In the Constitutions of 1921 and 1924 there were no corresponding sections.

The banner of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (TPRP) was a red cloth depicting a red five-pointed star on a khorlo with hoodak ribbons, a figure of cattle and a plow an a sickle, accompanied by an inscription in the old Mongolian script "The Banner of the Executive Committee of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party". [7]

The flag of the TPRP in Kyzyl Khota State Museum

The flag is reconstructed as follows:

1921-1926

State Museum Kyzyl Khoto [8]

A sketch of a (national) flag appeared in the head of the the newspaper «Красный пахарь» (Red Plowman) of 24.06.1924, showing a Wheel of Law between two inscriptions in manchu script. [9]

This sketch is interpreted  as a red flag with a Wheel of Law in the Middle charged with a swastika. (Probably borrowed from the emblem of the Red Army Forces of the South-Eastern Front (Æ Kalmykia)

Flag reconstructed after the  Red Plowman newspapert, 1924

The first impression preserved of the seal and overprint, 1924

The first known surviving print of the seal of the government of Tuva is on a document of 1924  in the archives of A. Lukshi (Riga, Latvia) – it is a square with an inscription in Old Mongolian script within a border of the traditional Mongolian ornament “alha” (also known as the “zeg”),  and swastikas (tibetan: yüng-drung) in the corners. Also, many obsolete Russiam banknotes were overprinted with the seal in 1924.

A flag for the Republic Tuva  is seen on a photograph a meeting of it in 1925

Banner of the Central Committee of the TNRP

Behind the group of members of the TPRP (Tuvinian  People’s Revolutionary Party) and  workers council, hangs the banner of the  Central Committee of the TNRP, 1925

Reconstruction of the banner, 1925

On this banner there is a globe, a star, a rising sun and a garland, placed on a light-blue disk surrounded by a double golden bordure. No korlo can be seen.

 Stamp with korlo 1926

Тувинская Народная Республика

1926-1944

The first coat of the People’s Republic of Tuva was approved by the Great Khural on 24 November 1926: “In the middle –“Horlo “, and inside it – the globe in the rays of the sun; At the top is a sickle and a rake, surrounded by a wreath of ears. “

“Horlo” (“the wheel of eternity”) – a symbol that means the eternal cycle of life that arose in the time of Genghis Khan. In the coat of arms of the People’s Revolutionary Party he symbolized the pre-Mongol origin of the Tuvinians.

Emblem of the Tannu-Tuva People’s Republic 1926-1930

 adopted 24.11.1926

Arms: A globe showing the north-eastern hemisphere, the sea blue, the continent green and the territory of the Soviet Union red, all proper, charged with a rake and a sickle in saltire Argent, in base a rising sun radiant proper.

Crest: A five-pointed star Gules.

Garland: Ears of grain proper, tied with a ribbon Gules.

Compartment: A very light-blue disc with a narrow bordure Or and Vert, on the inner side a narrow edge Purpure and on the outer side eight groups of three balls Vert and Or.

On 18 October 1930 a new constitution of the People’s Republic of Tuva was adopted in which the national emblem was described as follows:

“Статья 58. Государственный герб Тувинской Аратской Республики состоит из изображения на красном фоне земного шара, окруженного венцом из колосьев хлеба и травы, в середине земного шара должны быть серп и грабли, крест-накрест, в в верху земного шара – пятиконечная звезда с надписью ТАР и «Пролетарии всех стран и угнетенные народы Востока, соединяйтесь!”.

That is:

Article 58. The State Emblem of the Republic of Tuva consists of an image on a  red background of the globe surrounded by a wreath of ears of corn and grass, in the middle of the globe there must be a sickle and a rake, crosswise, on top of the globe - a five-pointed star with the inscription TAR and "Workers of all countries and oppressed peoples of the East, unite!".

This emblem is on the flag said to be used from 1927-’33. Here  the field enclosed by the korlo is red and the globe is blue with grey continents and charged with a white rake and sickle in saltire. The star is inscribed with the initials TAR in yellow lettering. The garland is of ears of grain (instead of ears of corn and grass) and the ribbon around it is  red and its windings are inscribed with the motto PYGY TELEGEJNIN PROLETARЬ POLGAS / TARLATKAN ARATTARЬ KATTЬZЬNAR also in yellow lettering.

This emblem matches best the article about the arms in the constitution of 1930.

The emblem  on revenue stamps 1932-‘33

The garland of corn and grass, the inscriptions omitted

On 2 July 1935, the VII session and the presidium of the Little Hural approved a new state emblem with the description:

“The state emblem of the republic consists of a five-pointed star with arc-shaped ends bordered by two yellow circles, and between these circles there is a red ribbon, with a gray-brown color on the blue background of the TAR territory, with a white horse and an arat-rider sitting in it in red national costume in a black hat with a red band and in black maimakas; from the north-west illuminates the sun; from the south-east to the north – a crescent of green color, below the inscription: “TNP. Proletarians and oppressed peoples of the whole world, unite! “- yellow color.”

1935-1939

In 1939, the coat of arms was amended and its description was as follows: “The state emblem of the republic consists of an image on a blue background of a five-pointed blunt star, contours of the territory of the republic are gray-brown in color, depicting a rider with a red pole racing on a white and gray horse on his hands in a dark blue national costume, in black national shoes, facing the East. From the northwest the silver sun illuminates, from the south-west lies a silver sickle with a golden handle, at the bottom of the emblem there is an inscription of the yellow color “TAR” and “Workers of all countries, unite!” – in Tuvinian language in Latin script. “ PYGY TELEGEJNIN PROLETARЬ KATTЬZЬNAR!

1939-1941

On 25 June 1941, the new Constitution of the TAR was adopted, in chapter XI of which the new coat of arms was described:

“Article 91. The State Emblem of the People’s Republic of Tuva consists of an image in the center of the territory of the People’s Republic of China, on a blue background, part of the globe, a rider with Uruk in his right hand, galloping toward the golden rays of the sun, illuminating the territory of the People’s Republic of China from above, on the left side. In the upper part of the emblem is a five-pointed star with an inscription under it: “Workers of all countries and oppressed peoples of the East, unite!”. Below, under the image of the territory of the People’s Republic of China, a sickle and a hammer are placed criss-crosswise; under them – on a red ribbon, the ends of which are intertwined with the lower parts of ears of corn and steppe grasses framing the whole image of the coat of arms, the golden letters “TAR” (Tuva People’s Republic) “.

Emblem of Tuva 1941-1944

adopted 25.06.1941

The motto in latin script: PYGY TELEGEJNIN PROLETARЬ POLGAS / TARLATKAN ARATTARЬ KATTЬZЬNAR

On 8 September 1943, the Tuva latin script was abolished and replaced by the cyrillic alphabet. Consequenly the inscription on the coat of arms was witten in cyrillic. Back in June 1943, at the local printing house in Kyzyl, according to the artist V. Demin’s drawing, the 20th anniversary edition of the standard postal stamps of Tuva was issued on the 22nd anniversary of the TAP proclamation, which depicted a coat of arms with inscriptions on the basis of the Cyrillic alphabet.

1943-1944

The motto in cyrillic script: БYГY  ЧУPT TAPHЫH  ПPOЛETAPHЫH TARHЙЛEPИ KATTЫЖЫHAP

Тувинскую Автономную Область

1944-1961

Emblem of the USSR, 1937

On 11 October 1944, the Tuva Aratian Republic became part of the USSR and the next day was transformed into the Tuva autonomous region as part of the RSFSR. Autonomous regions in the USSR did not have flags or coats of arms and therefore only the arms of the USSR was valid in Tuva

Tувинckaя ACCP / Tывa ACCP

1961 – 1993

On 10 January 1962, the first session of the first convocation of the Supreme Council of the Tuva ASSR formed the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Tuva ASSR, appointed its Council of Ministers and adopted the Law of the Tuva ASSR “On the State Emblem, State Flag and the Capital of the Tuva Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic”, that the State Emblem of the Tuva ASSR is the State Emblem of the RSFSR with the inscriptions “RSFSR” and “Proletarians of all countries, unite!” in Russian and Tuvan languages, adpisyu “RSFSR” smaller letters the inscription “Tuv.ASSR” in Russian and Tuvan languages. In the picture of the emblem the inscription “TUVINSKAYA ASSR” was quoted in Russian completely and was located under the inscription “TYVA ASSR”. In Tuvan, the motto was as follows: “БYГY ЧУРТТАРНЫҢ, ПРОЛЕТАРИЙЛЕРИ, КАТТЫЖЫҢАР!” 

On 10 November 1978, the extraordinary eighth session of the Supreme Council of the fourth convocation of the Tuva ASSR approved the first Constitution (Basic Law) of the Tuva ASSR, article 157 described the State Emblem of the Tuva ASSR. Compared with the coat of arms of 1962, a red five-pointed star was added to the coat of arms and the order of the inscriptions was changed: the inscription “TUVINSKAYA ASSR” was placed above the inscription “TYVA ASSR”. This coat of arms remained unchanged after the proclamation of the Soviet Republic of Tuva in 1990 and renaming it in September 1991 to the Republic of Tuva.

The mottoes read: ПPOЛETAPИИ   BCEX CTPAH COEДИHЯЙTECь! / БYГY  ЧУPT TAPHЫH ПPOЛETAP-HЫH TARHЙЛEPИ KATTЫЖЫHAP!

Тыва Республикa

01-03-1992-present

On 1 November 1992, the resolution of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Tuva No. 354 "On the State Emblem and the State Flag of the Republic of Tuva" came into effect on 17 September 1992, which approved the description and depiction of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Tuva on the projects of Ivan Chamzoevich Salchak and Oleg Ilyich Lazeyev in their author's description:

"The State Emblem represents five equal semicircular outlines (five-petalled). The contour of the coat of arms is a narrow (1/38 part from the center) golden (yellow) stripe with alternation deep into the white (1/38 part from the center) and then golden (yellow) wide (1/19 part of the center) strip. In the upper right corner image of the Sun (1/7 part from the center) with fifteen golden (yellow) colors. In the center, on a blue background, a rider (1/3 part of the coat of arms in height) is depicted on a golden (yellow) horse galloping towards the rays of the rising sun . Below the rider is a traditional band "hudak" of white color (1/7 part in height) with an inscription in Tuvan language "Tyv ". The letters are made in gold (yellow) color. All the ratios are measured from the center of the coat of arms "

The official explanation of the symbolism of the coat of arms: "The arat horseman riding on a horse - a farmer-pastoralist reflects the identity of the Tuvinian ethnos, their traditional way of life and basic economic activities for many centuries. On the rider national costume "tone" and headdress, worn by the ancestors of the Tuvinians. It is not by chance that he is on horseback. The life of a Tuvinian nomad is inconceivable without him. The horse gave high-calorie food - meat and koumiss; clothes, shoes, ropes, lasso, thread; served as the main vehicle, in the event of military clashes was a war friend of his master. The image of the rider - arata, galloping toward the golden rays of the sun, symbolizes the movement towards a bright and happy life, the world, high ideals. The ribbon "kadak" is a ceremonial scarf, is presented as an honorable gift, and also expresses the hospitality and friendliness of the Tuvinians. The five-petalled frame, which gives the coat of arms a unique shape, is a stylized ancient Buddhist sign of eternity. "

th are intertwined with the lower parts of ears of corn and steppe grasses framing the whole image of the emblem, the golden letters "TAR" (Tuva People's Republic) ".

Article 16 of the constitution of the Republic of Tuva about the. State Symbols and the Capital of the Republic of Tuva reads:

1. The Republic of Tuva has its own state symbols – flag, emblem, anthem. The description and procedure for the use of the state symbols of the Republic of Tuva are established by the constitutional law of the Republic of Tuva.

2. The capital of the Republic of Tyva is the city of Kyzyl. The status of the capital is established by the constitutional law of the Republic of Tuva.

Coat of arms of the Republic of Tuva

Description:

Coat of arms of the Republic of Tuva – an image on a blue background of a golden horseman in national Tuvan clothing, galloping on a golden horse to meet the rays of the rising sun. At the base of the coat of arms on the traditional white ribbon “kadak” inscription gold “Tyva.” The frame of the emblem is five-petalled.

The arat horseman galloping on a horse – a peasant cattle-breeder reflects the identity of the Tuvinians, their traditional way of life and basic economic activities for many centuries. On the rider national costume “tone” and headdress, worn by the ancestors of the Tuvinians. It is not by chance that he is on horseback. The life of a Tuvinian nomad is inconceivable without him. The horse gave high-calorie food – meat and koumiss; clothes, shoes, ropes, lasso, thread; served as the main vehicle, in the event of military clashes was a war friend of his master. The image of the rider – arata, galloping toward the golden rays of the sun, symbolizes the movement towards a bright and happy life, the world, high ideals. The ribbon “kadak” is a ceremonial scarf, is presented as an honorable gift, and also expresses the hospitality and friendliness of the Tuvinians. The five-petalled frame, which gives the coat of arms a unique form, is a stylized ancient Buddhist sign of eternity.

Date of adoption: 17.09.1992

 Æ See illustration the the head of this article

Recommendation

On the recommendation of the Heraldic Council under the President of the Russian Federation, a new version of the emblem was developed. The authors of the project are Vyacheslav Samyyam and Dondup-oola Toibu-Haa. By the decree of the Government of the Republic of Tyva from February 10, 2004 No. 181 “On the introduction of the draft of the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Tuva” On the State Emblem of the Republic of Tuva “for consideration by the Legislative Chamber of the Great Khural of the Republic of Tuva,” the draft of the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Tyva was submitted to the Legislative Chamber of the Great Khural of the Republic of Tuva “On the State Emblem of the Republic of Tuva”, in Article 1 of which was described a new coat of arms, which was proposed to approve:

“The State Emblem of the Republic of Tuva is a rectangle with rounded lower corners, pointed at the tip of the golden heraldic shield. On it an azure five-lobed “Sambig” within a silver bordure, charged with a golden rider in national costume with a whip in his hand, galloping towards the golden sun in the right  upper corner, and over mountains with  silver glaciers in base.”

“The bill was rejected at the meeting of the Supreme Hural (Parliament) of the Republic of Tuva on April 28, 2004. Nevertheless, when the Day of Russia was celebrated on June 12, 2004 in the red area in Moscow, an unapproved draft of the new Tyva emblem was used. [10]

Police

Arms: Azure, the Tuvinan rider,  in sinister chief a sun radiant Or

Crest: The achievement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Motto:  СЛУЖИМ  РОССБИИ – СЛУЖИМ ЗАКОНУ  (To Serve Russia To Serve the Law ) in golden lettering on a blue ribbon.