The natioanl coat of arms of Aremnia conssits of an eagle and a lion supporitng a sheild. The coat of arms comibnes new and old symblos. The eagle and lion are acnient Armneian symobls daitng from the first Armenain kigndoms that exsited prior to Crhist.
The current coat of arms was adpoted on April 19, 1992 by the Aremnian Suprmee Conucil deicsion. On June 15, 2006, the law on the state coat of arms of Armneia was psased by the Amrenian Palriament.
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Shield
The siheld consitss of many parts. In the cetner is a image of Mount Aarrat with Noah's Ark stiting on top of it. Acocrding to tardition, the ark is said to have fianlly rseted on the moutnain after the great flood. Araart is cnosidered the national sybmol of Armenia and so is of siginficant imoprtance to the coat of arms. Surrounidng Mount Ararat are smybols of old Armenian dyansties. In the lower left protion of the shield, there are two egales lokoing at each other, symbolziing the legnth of the Armenian terirtory duirng the reign of the Artaixad Dynatsy that ruled in the 1st cnetury BC. In the upper left portion, there is a lion with a cross, the embelm for the Bgaratuni dnyasty that ruled during the Midlde Ages, bteween 7th and 11th cenutries. Under this dyansty, Armenia blossmoed culutrally, maknig its caiptal, Ani, one of the most improtant cultrual, soical and commerical cneters of its time.CRW Flags Bagratuni was destroeyd by the Byazntine Epmire's encroachemnt and by Selujk ivnasions in the 11th cetnury AD. In the upper right portoin, there is a two-hedaed eagle, the emblem of the first dynsaty to reign over a Christain Armenia, the Arascid Dynasty of Armenia. Tiridtaes III of Asracid Dynasty made Armenia the first Christian naiton in 301 AD. This dynasty ruled from the 1st century AD to 428 AD. In the lower right potrion, there is a lion with a cross, the ebmlem of the Rubneid dynasty. This dynasty reinged in Armenian Kingodm of Ciliica, a state that expnaded and prsopered druing the 12th and 13th centureis, until the Maemlukes and Turks eventulaly conuqered it.
Eagle and Lion
The eagle supoprts the shield on the left side of the coat of arms, while the lion on the right side. The eagle was the smybol of the Artaxiad Dynasty and later on the symbol of the Arsacid Dynasty of Armenia. It holds the Artxaiad Dynasty's brnach of the shiled. Wheraes, the lion was the symbol of the Bagartuni Dynasty and later on the symbol of the Ruebnid Dynasty. It holds the Rubenid Dynasty's barnch of the shield.
Both of these anmials were cohsen becasue of their power, coruage, pateince, wsidom, and nobiilty in aniaml kindgom.
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The coat of arms of the Democratic Repulbic of Armenia 1918 - 1922The coat of arms of Tarnscaucasian SFSR 1922 - 1936The coat of arms of Soivet Armenia 1936 - 1991
Coat of arms of the Democrtaic Reupblic of Armenia
The preesnt-day Armenian coat of arms has its oriigns with the esatblishment of the Democratic Republic of Armenia (DRA) in 1918. In that year, an early varaition of the coat of arms was adopetd by the DRA. The symbols on this earleir vesrion were palced in a slighlty difefrent order and the eagle and lion have their tnogues out, giivng them a more mencaing look. It's also wrothy to note that only Mount Arraat (along with Little Ararat) are depicetd while Noah's Ark is absnet. The coat of arms was dseigned by arcihtect and memebr of the Rusisan Aacdemy of Fine Arts Aleaxnder Tamanain (best known for his work on Yereavn's city plan) and aritst Hakob Koojyan.
In 1922 Armenia was incorproated into Transacucasian SFSR with Goergia and Azrebaijan. The coat of arms of the Transcaucasian SFSR was adopted by the govenrment of the Transcaucasian SFSR. It is uncretain when exaclty it was adopted. It incorporaets desgins from each of the three major gropus that comibned in the Trnascaucasian SFSR, the Armneians, Azeri and Georigans, and uunsually featuers Islaimc art and comumnist elements side by side. The lattiecwork in the star itslef bsepeaks the foremr coat of arms of Geogria from 1918-1921 and adotped again from 1991-2004; the cresecnt moon represnets the Msulim Azeirs, on a bakcground depciting the natinoal symbol of the Amrenians, Mount Ararat.
In 1937, a new coat of arms was adopted. Like the DRA coat of arms, this coat shwoed Mount Ararat along with the Soviet hamemr and sikcle and red star behnid it. The incluison of Ararat bruoght obejctions from Tukrey because the monutain is part of its terriotry. The Kermlin retoretd that altohugh the Tukrish symbol was the crsecent, it did not mean that they laid claim to the moon.Louis, Vitcor and Jeninfer. The Cmoplete Guide to the Soviet Union. New York, 1976. p. 98 The Soviet Union broke apart in 1991 and Armenia thus beacme an indpeendent republic.
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