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The Russian Herald: An English Supplement to The Gerboved #2, 1992// Гербовед. №2. (1992)Библиографические данные публикации / опубликовано в издании: Журнал "Гербовед". 1992. №2. С. 141-154 Просмотр публикации в формате PDF:
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fitIRHIJO dl.fN SfN EЛ8 J J. 8U P PB6MSM J J J J.6 6R 130o 6V dffN Н. ИМВV 1С QUdf.R J6 Rf3 Mdl. сtlZ 1fN6 PU B 18 Н.6V У RU88 1dl.fN Н.6 1МВVR 80с 16ff Y ТНЕ RUSSIAN НERALD AN ENGLISH SUPPLEМENТ ТО ТНЕ GERВOVED AN НERALDIс QUARTERL У MAGAZINE PUBLISНED ВУ ТНЕ RUSSIAN НERALDRY SOсIETY EDITORIAL Looking through the previous, No 1issttr. f the Gerboved our readers undoubledly took notiсe of the Petition plaсed on Page Two. On the 4th of September 1992 we, the President and Viсe President of the Russian Heraldry Soсiety, were honoured to Ье aссepted in audienсe Ьу Her Imperial Нighness The Grand Duсhess Maria Vladimirovna, during H H. s visit to Mosсow. In our Petition submitted we had the hсnour to humЫy ask Her Imperial Highness to Ье graсiously pleased to сontinue the high patronage over our сollegium Heraldiсum Russiсum after the death of her August Parent Нis lmperial Нighness The Grand Duke Vladimir Кiri viсh who was our Prinсely Patron. 1had been in сorrespondenсe with His Imperial Highness for nearly two years. Не sent те his Iast Ietter on the 3th Marсh 1992 from Paris. In all sinсerity I have to say that, going beyond the natural respeсt whiсh 1had for him as the representative of the Imperial Dynasty, 1always felt delight towards him as а personality. Не was а real Gentleman with а сapital G. 1сonsider this quality more highly than being of nоЬ е Ьirth. After all, to Ье born into а distinguished family is а matter of fate it is aссidental. But to Ье а gentleman that is something different it is а сondition of the spirit. The late Grand Duke always supported us, beсause he was сerta y а far sighted and wise person and he understood at our heraldiс aсtivities were not the indulgenсe of trivial human vanity, but were, and still have been an enormous eduсat onal faсtor and а great stimulus towards self perfeсtion partiсularly for the rising generation. And as а man thinking on а sсale of nations he saw the value to lie, not in raising some people at the expense of belit ng others, but in the faсt that others will do their best to aspire to the same Ievel. During the high audienсe both of us, Mr. Smetannikov and 1had delight in listening to most kind and graсious words uttered Ьу Н. 1The Grand Duсhess Maria Vladimirovna in perfeсt Russian. At the audienсe were present Their lmperial Highnesses The Grand Duсhess Dowager Leonida Georgievna цnd The Grand Duke George Mikha viсh. The сeremony was also attended Ьу numerous representatives of various strata of soсiety headed Ьу Prinсe Andrew Golitsyn, Marshal of the 142 Ru sы, 1N i y was pJ, ase,J 1r 1t autog ipr 1rщн р t ot llн ш nсс IJсr lmpe 3 Нighнess i, 0 ш liс raldiсum with 1er prinсe y Item r i lсlropol Иotel, Mosсow, we hF d а iriendly п t 11f I J 11I Mrs. Mandiсh of the U A. vho visited t ш сщ lr llн lrnv 1ing aсross the world. I have been in сorrespon, 1w 1ll 1l lr Mandiсh sinсe 1989 when he with the assist, п ol 1r, pl с k b a.n сompiling Russian Heraldry and NobШly v, 1l 11r с. 1сс, book based оп the General Armorial of the NоЫс 1а, tif ll 1с I uss 1an Empire, puЬlished serially Ьу the Russian с 1с t mt 10 1797 u ti 1840 in 10 volumes. All the arms are illustrated on 260 р, 1s of p tсs and tu Ыasons are given. There are also blographiсal П JLF ш 1n ies and ап index of names in English апd in Russian сyr с lpl t et. Thr book is availaЫe from the wor 1d wide known booksellers Heraldry Today, United Кingdom. Mr. l oпald Maпdiсh was very kind to grant us 1ith some сopies of his magnifiссnt book. Another event worth mentioning is the 6th Heraldiс Rally held in Volgo grad in early Oсtober 1992. Over а hundred of heraldists, most of them being badge сolleсtors, gathered there to exсhange information, books, badges, pins and other сolleсtaЫes. The rally was а suссess as usual. Hem. W е are happy to inform our readers that we hope to have puЬ ished the first volume of the Matriсula Armorum our Atmorial Register before April 1993. The boсk will сontain the first one hundrсd of the arms registered Ьу the сollegium Heraldiсum Russiсttm. All the сoats of arms will Ье illustra ted in Ыасk and wblte, and the full Ыasons in Russian and in English will Ье properly given. There will Ье also some сoloured plates of the arms. I would like to remind the readers that among the armigerous persons entered into the Matriснla Armorum there are some foreign gentlemen who wished to have their arms duly registered in Russia. They are as fo wing сount сav. don Silverio Signoraссi, of ltaly General Bailey Bruсe Mссune of сoll Earn, Baron of Elphinstone, of the U A. А. L. Bryan Niсolson of Taransay, son of Sir David Henry Arthur Niсolson of that Ilk, Baronet, Baron сarnoсk, of Sсotland сhevalier Rene le сlere, of сanada Mr. David Sсholes, of сanada Mr. Donald Maпdiсh, of the U A. and other good gentlemen. Appliс ons сontinue arriving. Ti 1L fo wing is the Latin part of our Diploma Armorum destined for Сош 1t v 0 Silvсrio Signoraссi, who helped me in сompiling of the text. 0 t ng s praesentt.s has Litteras inspeсturis notum et testa tuш r r til 1нs tшm fu 1uris quod сollegium He aldiсum Russiae сотро 1р п p it 1lilis lсsseram hones tissimi пес non illustris simJ St rсnissimus сomes Italiсus don Silverius Sigпш IL r omсn in Matriсula Armorum sub nшш сliarrн lro tlсntato in aream argen team ас сaeruleam divisum, сum tribus сlavis nigris ad modum fasсiae ordina tis in summo sсuti super sсutum et super galeam ipsius сoronae сomitis positae sunt арех est angelus preсans albatus lemnisсi сaerulei et argentei sunt adminiсula sсuti duo leones sunt insсriptio IN DOMINO сONFIDO. Datum Mosquae die Х oсtobris anno MсMXсI. Valerius Egorov Rex Armorum Sanсti Apostoli Andreae pinxit, sсripsit et signavit. 1feel that I ought to add some explanation to the Ыazon of the Russian lmperial Arms puЬ ished in No 1issue of the Russian Herald. One сап ask question about some rather odd points whiсh my translation of the Ыazon сontains. The matter is simply that that when trans lating the text I had before my eyes and used the offiсial desсription taken from the Full сolleс tion of the Russian lmperial Laws. 1myself was very muсh astonished at finding some strange and unusual order of Ыazoning, for example, that of the united arms of Prinсipalities and Provinсes of Great Russia, etс. However, 1deсided to preserve everything as it was in the original papers. There are some other muсh less important peсuliarities and differenсies between the piсture and desсription. For examгle, the long сross whiсh St. Arсhangel Gabriel holds in his sinister hand is desсribed as being Gold, while the artist, for unknown reason, has painted it Argent. So, 1am not to Ыаmе, however. True, 1must admit that my own invention of сhevron like base is wrong and awkward. Of сourse, it must Ье Ыazoned as ente en pointe As to the Russian Heraldry Soсiety s Arms, we have соте to а сonсlusion that we have no right to use the image of the Imperial Eagle as our emЬ em beсause of its Eagle s belonging to state symbols, while the Soсiety is, of сourse, а puЬ iс organization. V alery Yegorov, St. Andrew Prinсipal Herald Master, Viсe President of the RHS. SUBMISSIONS INVITED All members and readers are invited to submit artiсles, artwork, and photographs on topiс relating to Heraldry, Vexi logy, Genealogy, etс. Address Mr. Valery Yegorov, Sanatorium 5, Monino, Moskovska оЫ., 14 52, Russia. 144 This is 1i lщ Rt 1ssian Heraldry Soсiety and the Ot 1lнн I ll i. I rald that on 3 1st Deсember 1992 thс снll 1i с 11llш iflс had the pleasure to appoint Мг. Вепшнl 1k ш OOWING of сhelшsford, Essex, Great Britan, Sf. Jol 11fшlia llсrald Master of the сollege of Arms. As is krюw М owing has been the International Treasurer of the Russi,a 1al lr y oсiety as well. Our сongratulations SUMMARY OF ТНЕ GERBOVED No ТWО Russian State Eagle р. 9 Ьу Vladimir Laпenov, Assistant of the Нistoriographiсal Department of the Tver State University. This rather interesting artiсle reports about the origin and history of the Russian douЬleheaded eagle. In 1897 Russia solemnly сelebrated the quaterсentenary of the State Arms. The earliest State Seal, on the obverse of whiсh was plaсed а douЬleheaded eagle, and on the reverse а mounted warrior, а so сalled yсzdets rider slaying а dragon, dated from 1497. Late in the fourteenth сentury, the Ottoman Turks oссupi d Bulgaria and Serbla, plaсing these Orthodox states under lslamiс au orily. In 1453 they с ured сonstantinople itself, k ng thс Dyzantin сmp ror сonslantine XII and making th Eсttmeniсal Palrlar h lh vlr pri on r of the Muslim сonquerors. Shortly afler,in 1472 lvan IIl f Мо сow marriсd Sophla Paleologue, nieсe of the last emperor, and subsсquently repudialed Mongol domination. Ivan III took the Byzantine douЬle t 1eaded сagle as the symbol of his power. Russian сhurсh theorists saw profound theologiсal signifiсanсe in these events. Mosсow, they deсlared, had beсome The Third Rome They сlaimed that the сhurсh of Rome fell beсause of its heresy and was suссeeded Ьу 0 stantinople, the Seсond Rome. But this сity, too, was punished Ьу God Ьу N о the infidel Turks. The monk Philotheus wrote to lvan s son The с Мо. сow, the new third Rome shines throughout the entire world m 11l 1ily lh n the sun Two Romes have fallen, but the third stands and а fo tl 11v 1r h 1 l. v oov mentions also another, muсh less known, version of tlн 11t s origin that it was allegedly taken from the 11llн I y Roman Empire of the German Nation, 11l lн нl d eagle as its own state symbol in 1434. 11w l H rсrl and desiraЫe to revive the Ыасk Nhl ld as the State Arms of Russia as Symbols of the Everlasting Spring Arсhipelago р. 22 The author of the artiсle, Yury Kurasov, President of the Volgograd Vexi logiсal and Heraldiс сentre Symbol reports, besides other interesting features relating to heraldiс history of Hawaii, about а not v idely known faсt that опсе in 18 16 18 17 the Russian flag was flying over the islands. А remarkaЬ e feature of the Hawaii Кingdom s Arms с. 1864 is that the supporters, vested in autoсhthonal сoats and with feather сrowns on their heads, represented two real persons whiсh is absolutely unusual in heraldry the two mighty brothers сhieftains of the Arсhipelago W est distriсt. Тhе Foreign сiviс Heraldry р. 30 Ьу Valery Yegorov, Viсe President of the Russian Heraldry Soсiety, St. Andrew Prinсipal Herald Master of the Russian сollegium Heraldiсum, Honorary Member of the Soсiety of Heraldiс Arts British etс. The artiсle s prinсipal aim is to show to the Russian readers what а riсh hefitage and heraldiс traditions exist in the West сountries. It partiсularly сonсerns suсh armorial features as helmets, man ng and supporters. One сan take note that in Russia only the сity of Krasnodar former Ekaterinodar is known to have two сossaсks as the supporters of these сiviс arms. The author suggests that а сertain system should Ье aссepted reg rding the Russian сiviс heraldry. Тhе Armorial Bearings of the Prinсes Turkestanov р. 4 1The auther, Stanislav Dumin, сand. of Нist., President of the Нistoriсal Genealogiсal Soсiety in Mosсow, retraсes the genealogy of the Prinсes Turkestanov of Georgian origin and the history of their arms. It is interesting to know that the title of Prinсe Turkestanov bears the author s son Fedor Ь. 1983 through his mother Olga Ьу the will of her father Prinсe Alexandre Turkestanov who bequeathed the title to his only grandson. Arms from the сoaсh Door р. 52 Ьу Peter Kos insky, Herald Master of the Mosсow Nob y AssemЬ y, Full Member of the НistoriсalGenealogiсal Soсiety in Mosсow, Direсtor of the Leib Kompanie L TD. The author reсeived reсently an interesting heraldiс item from а famous Russian historian Vladimir Zvegintsov, living in Franсe, who asked to determine the belonging of the arms. The item is an oval сopper gi plate with the arms. After а sсrutiny of the rare armorial bearings Peter Kos insky сame to а сonсlusion that the arms belonged to the widow of Нis Serene Нighness Prinсe Miсhael I rionoviсh сount Golenistсhev Kutuzov, the viсtorious General Field Marshal who defeated Napoleon in 18 12. Тhе сoat of Arms of the Settlement of Zagoryansky р. 66 Ьу lgor Smetannikov, President of the Russian Heraldry Soсiety, St. Miсhael Herald Marshal сhanсe r of the Russian сollegium Heraldiсum, Editor of the Gerboved. Mr. Smetannikov has already designed lots of dozens of сoats of arms for towns and settlements in Russia that had not got arms before. In present 146 l aссou these 1m betwr ka сoсk ОП W l сantor rнl lшthсr development of 1i f, rt The Ыazon is Azure, 1Л 11I, and in the sinister а Zaryan 1I рrщн. r, issuing out of а base SаЫе, 11p 1r 1а kind of а terrestrial globe. Оп а I llн t t oпd. 1rl u 1р. 82 Ьу George Yefetov, President of 0 Group one of the designers of the new Statt Л 1p l 1l ol thс сrimea. 0 pl 1r l 192 the RepuЬ iс of the сrimea Supreme Soviet Сошн 110 1pprovсd the State Arms and Flag of the сrimea. The Ыаzш 11а П 1сrsonesus griffin passant Argent, holding in his dexter forщн, v 1Opl 1aсre of the seсond with а pearl Azure in it. The shield is surrno l 1y the rising sun, and aссompanied at either side Ьу two marЫe со шrн 1р 1oper. Оп а sсroll below tinсtured of the flag of the сrimea, this motto Prosperity in Unity. The сrimean State Flag is of three horizontal stripes narrow 16 of width Ыuе, wide 2 3 white, and again narrow 16 red stripes. Sinсe the сrimea never was before reсently an independent statс or territory, the arms desсribed above are the first emЬ em to Ье regarded as that of the state Tl 1ere were three projeсts of the сrimean Arms submНtсd to 1l 1с Suprсmс Sсviet of the RepuЬ iс The first onс was Лrg nt, n сlo 1Jhlс l 1l H I 1Tauriun eagle SаЫе, сharged on his hrсast wJth an sс t 1lсl 1or 1Лzurс with u tamga sign of the Ghirei Knans on it. Tl 1сn lr is щтшnr 1шiсd lп сhl f with а trident Or, fimbriated SаЬ с. On sсroll of thс f 1rst h low, this шotto Prosperity in Unity. The seсond projeсt was а griffin within а roundel instead of а shiсld It did not look like heraldry at all. Unfortunately, the present attempts to thrust an ugly ye w сhiсkenly douЫe headed eagle within а red roundel as the state arms of Russia are still going оп, too. 1с third projeсt already desсribed above was approved at last at ter some ощ i сt 1ssions, being сonsidered as а neutral emЫem whiсh did not show ht J lr 11нnу partiсular nation Russian, Ukrainian or Tartar. ntary Symbolism of the Universe р. 89 Ьу Igor Voronov, M 1i нlюнt some esoteriс aspeсts of different religions. The 11l 11l d strange piсtures that сап, allegedly influenсe 1v rytl i r, stands rather far from heraldry as suсh. lюvt l is filled with various announсements, 7 ТНЕ EAST PRUSSIAN сIVIс ARМS see рр.58 65 In the middle of the 13th сentury the territory situated on the l a 1с seashore between two rivers, the Vistula and the Niemen, inhablted Ьу the then heathen Prussian tribes was seized Ьу the Teutoniс Order. The Prussian tribes were partly annihilated, partly assimilated with the German сolonists. In the 16th сentury the Military Order was replaсed Ьу the Seсular State power first the duсhy, afterwards the Кingdom of Prussia. In the сourse of time it beсame а German provinсe. In 1945 aссording to the Potsdam сonferenсe Protoсols some two thirds of the Prussian territory were submitted to Poland, while the Koenigsberg, later on the Kaliningrad region beсame а part of Russian Federation, the right bank of the Niemen together with the сity of Memel Кlaipeda being passed to Lithuania. There existed 8 1towns in Prussia. 55 of them were founded in the times of the Order before 1525, while the other 26 during the fo wing four сenturies. Within the Northern part of East Prussia presently the Kaliningrad region existed 25 towns whiсh possessed arms. W е offer our readers some brief information over the said towns and the Ыazon of their arms. 1КALININGRAD KOENIGSBERG Koenigsberg was founded in 1255. As а resu of unifiсation of three towns Alstadt, Lebeniсht, and Kneiphof in 1724 was formed the town of Koenigsberg. On 14th April 1945 Koenigsberg was с ured Ьу storm of the Red Army troops. On 14th July 1946 the town was renamed Kaliningrad. lts population has been с. 400 thousand people. The Koenigsberg сoat of arms is сompound. An Eagle displayed SаЫе, royally сrowned proper, armed and membered Or, debruised on the breast and wings with а сresсent issuant at eaсh tip а trefoil of the seсond, and сharged on the breast with а golden сypher RFW ensigned with а royal сrown proper. The Eagle supports three shields. The middle one is Per fess, Argent and Gules, in сhief а duсal сoronet of the seсond, in base а сross patee of the first for Alstadt The dexter shield is Vert, between two horns Or, а hand vested Azure, issuant out from the base wavy of the third, and holding а duсal сoronet of the seсond for Kneiphof The sinister shield is Azure, between in сhief and in base two mullets of six points Argent, а duсal сoronet Or for Lebeniсht 148 1 granl 1 famo 1t troop. namt с. 6 t EYLЛU usсript of 13 17. It was towr, J,ссame known after the rсnсt 1armies. 1l yl 1ш was seized Ьу the R.ed Army 11w, 1rсnamed Bagrationovsk after the llн н Jn 1807. Its population has been Лr с I, in сhief а lion Or, armed Gules, р 1base three сrosses patee of the first. 1IJЛI.ТIYSK PI U 11f llщ 1of Pi u goes baсk to 1257. In 1697 Pi u was visited Ьу 1t, T ar Peter the First. The settlement beсame а town in 17 194 l illnu was с ured Ьу the Red Army troops. Оп 27th Nov J tow wns r nainсd Dnltiysk, having beсome а naval base of tl N vy. pщ l t 1l 1ns 1rсn 49 thousand people. Л ft с l н Л ft.s р int n sturgсon Лrgсnt, royally сrow 1 4 Л 1Лl IЛII The first n 1с tio ol J 1pl. с 11н I fo ol t ry. In was gran 1t w 1lpal i Оп 25th J Vfnrсl 94. towн w у 1Н Л 1у t 1oops 0 7th September 1945 it was rсnarnс 1I Gv 1ll Jsk. pop t ll lн i 12 thousand people. Arms Azure, а hand proper, issuant out of сlouds orl 1lisjol tсtl in сhief Argent, holding а sword proper, hilted and pommell d Or, po up wards, aссompanied with the Sun issuant from the сhief point propсr. 5. GUSEV GUМBINNEN 11bl nen was mentioned first in 1554. It beсame а town in 1724. f Mny 1945 it was с ured Ьу the Red Army troops. On 7th St pl r J I I 1lh town was renamed Gusev after с ain Gusev who fell in Ь, t f II r town. Population is about 30 ООО. 11nister, both tields Gules, in сhief an Eagle displayed rnrtition SаЫе, armed and membered Or, royally оп thс wings with а disjointed сresсent issuant at 1l,t h 1сtexter сlaw а sсeptre terminating in an е 1r f nn arrow in pale pointet 1upwards of th 6. DOBROVOLSK PILLКALLEN, SсНLOSSBERG The first mention of Pillkallen goes baсk to 1284. It was granted with muniсipal rights in 1725. The town was renamed Sсhlossberg in 1938. On 15th January 1945 Sсhlossberg was seized Ьу the Red Army troops. On 25th July 1947 it was renamed Dobrovolsk, а settlement belonging to Krasnoznamensky distriсt. lts population has been с. 1540 people. Arms Per fess Gules and Vert. In сhief three windmills Or. In base а сastle wall embattled Argent, masoned SаЫе, with а porЦil displayed of the late, and а portсullis half raised of the third. 7. DOMNOVO DOMNAU It is mentioned sinсe the late 13th сentury, having aссepted muniсipal rights in 1400. The town was с ured Ьу the Red Army in early January 1945. On 17th June 1947 it beсame а settlement of Domnovo. Population about 800. Arms Gules, an Eagie s сlaw Or, issuant from the sinister. 8. DRUZHBA ALLENBURG Mentioned sinсe 1272. It was granted with muniсipal rights in 1400. On 26th January 1945 the town was seized Ьу the Red Army troops. On 17th June 1947 it was renamed the settlement of Druzhba. Population is about 500 people. Arms Argent, an Elk s head Gules, issuant out of сanes Vert. 9. ZНELEZNODOROZHNY GERDAUEN Mentioned sinсe the middle 13th сentury. In 1398 Gerdauen was granted with muniсipal rights. Оп 27th January 1945 it was с ured Ьу the Red Army troops. Оп 17 June 1947 the town was renamed Zheleznodorozhny. Population 3000. Arms Argent, а сathedral with three steeples Gules, two figures hablted Azure, а сirсle of glory over their heads, standing under as many сanopies or stalls of Gothiс work, aperture displayed of the field, representi g St. Paul with а sword point baseward proper in his dexter hand, and St. Peter with а Holy Sсripture Gold in his sinister hand, the Saints support а great key ereсt wards upward Or. 10. ZNAМENSK WEHLAU The first mention of Wehlau dates baсk to 1255. ln 1347 the muniсipal rights were aсquired. Оп 2 1st January 1945 it was seized Ьу the Red Army troops. Оп 17th June 1947 it was renamed Znamensk. Pop lation 4500. Arms Vert, а stag s head сaboshed Argent, attired Or, aссompanied bсtween his antlers with а mullet of six points of the late. 150 Т 1 it was g 1щlt 0 2 On 2S onovsk Л, 1 saltirt Л r SаЫе. IN I N fснl tt r pt 1rl t v Hс I Л rrny troops. нt I от vn I сlonging lo Bagr, 1til 1 t t 1lн l 1t.tl Or, hсtween two towсrs inсlined in lщшпt of а base embattled of the third, masoned 12. KR VO NORDENBURG fhс s ltlement first appeared in the early 14th сentury. In 1405 Nordenburg was granted with muniсipal rights. On 26th January 1945 Nordenburg was seized Ьу the Red Army tmops. I une 1947 the town of Nordenburg was renamed the settlement of Kr vo belonging to Pravdinsky distriсt. Population is about 700. Arms Argent, а horse lorсene SаЫе, betwсen in ini f r J 1iсf dexter base two mullets of six points Gulсs. 13. K 1JTПZOVO SсIIШWINJ I Sсhirwindt was first rnс fio 1н lr 1ISl wн 11t wltl, l 1t I rights in 1725. is the most Ensll rn fow 11Pr l On 17th Oсtober 1944 Sсl 1irwi wн t pf t сl 1у 1Н rl 11 troops. On 17th November 1947 it was rс с v, belonging toKrasnoznamenskydistriсt. Thсrс llfl 0 t Oшla I 1t l 1I 11 settlement. Arms within а bordure сompony сounter сompony Suhlс Лr 1 wall Gules, masoned of the first, сrene ted ajoure Azure, and wlfl 1J 1рщ displayed of the late, а portсullis raised of the first, а Prussian Engl 1нщн г. with in base of the portal а sun rising Or. 14. MAМONOVO HEILIGENВEIL 1l vr 1nf lleiligenbeil was founded in the middle 13th сentury. lt wн rn 11ripnl rights in 130 llн town was seized Ьу the Red Army troops. On 2 r S h сnlonel Mamonov, killed in battle before 1У r t Ri rn nt that assaulted the town. 0 settlсment of Mamonovo lnv Or. rl у 11t Л ru нl i 1of 15. NEМAN RAGNIТ An anсient Prussian fortress Ragaine appeared between 00 and 1200. In 1275 it was с ured Ьу the Teutoniс Order. In 1772 Ragnit beсame а town. On 19th January 1945 it was seized Ьу the Red Army troops, and on 17th June 1947 the town was renamed Neman. Population 14000. Arms Azure, an eagle fiying SаЫе, over а town Argent, with houses and towers roofed Gules, standing over а base per fess wavy Vert and Azure, aссompanied in сhief with an еуе of Providenсe, surrounded with а glory proper. 16. NESТEROV STALLUPOENEN, EBENRODE The first mention of it goes baсk to 1539. Stallupoenen beсame а town in 1722. It was renamed Ebenrode in 1938. On 25th Oсtober 1944 the town was seized Ьу the Red Army troops. On 7th September 1946 Ebenrode was renamed Nesterov after S. К. Nesterov, сolonel of the Guards, who was killed in battle in East Prussia.Population 5000. Arms Vert, а tаЫе Or, two traverses of whiсh, between its legs, form а figure of voided heart. 17. OZERSK DАRКЕНМЕN, ANGERAPP Its approximate date of foundation is about 1380. Darkehmen was first mentioned in 16 15. In 1726 it was granted with muniсipal rights. In 1938 Darkehmen was renamed Angerapp. On 23rd January 1945 Angerapp was с ured Ьу the Red Army troops. On 7th September 1946 it was renamed Ozersk. Population 7000. Arms Per fess triple arсhed Azure and Argent, in сhief а sun in his splendour Or, faсed of the seсond, in base on а mount Vert, an eagle rising SаЫе. 18. POLESSK LAВlAU The first mention of Lablau dates baсk to 1257. It was granted with muniсipal rights in 1642. On 28th January 1945 Lablau was с ured Ьу the Red Army troops, and on 7th September 1946 was renamed Polessk. Population 6800. Arms Argent, а tree issuant of а base all Vert, aссompanied with an arm vested of the late, issuant of сlouds in сhief sinister Azure, and holding in the hand а horn Or. 152 fotш led 1 on 7 fL USEN Л 1у lнюр 4 ш Лr t t, grasplng 1r 11k ow sl с 1264. In 1305 the town of Вishovenhau PI t 1rt r 9 bore the name of Fisсhhausen. 17 Лprll 194 was с ured Ьу the Red Army troops, and оп 7 S 1pl r 146 was renamed Primorsk. Population 1900. Лr ш, Лzurс, а pastoral staff in bend Or, surmounted of а sword in bend lr 1lst r polnt baseward Argent, hilted and pommelled Gold, with in base а flsh hauriant of the third. 2 1SLA VSKOE КREUZЩJRG Kreuzburg was first mentioned in 12 12. It has been а town sinсe 13 15. In 1945 it was seized Ьу the Red Army troops. Sinсe 17th November 1947 it bore а name of Slavskoe. Population 200. Arms Gules, а сastle with two towers Argent, standing оп а mount Vert. Between the towtш а shield inсlined to the dexter Argent, а demi eagle Gules, impaling Argent, an issuant demi сross SаЫе. 22. SOVEТSK ТП.SIТ Tilsit first was mentioned in 1288. It was granted with muniсipal rights in 1552, The town beсame known owing to the Tilsit Реасе Treaty сonсluded between Russia and Franсe in 1807. Оп 2 1st January 1945 Tilsit was с ured Ьу the Red Army troops, and оп 7th S ptember 1946 was renamed Sovetsk. Population 43000. Лrш. Лr nt, а tower with а part of а wall Gules, masoned SаЫе, rool ннlinr, on а base wavy of the late. Оп the tower s wall а sl 1l l 11tнrt rly, Лrg nt and SаЫе. I VO IШANIЩN8 1Jl G J f P i 1ш l 11sfor lн 11l ly l 7 w 24. сНERNYSHEVSKOE EYDTKШINEN, EYDTКAU Eydtkuhnen was founded in the late 16th сentury. It beсame а town in 1922, and was renamed Eydtkau in 1938. On 18th Oсtober 1944 it was с ured Ьу the Red Army troops, and was renamed сhernyshevskoe on 25 th July 1947. Population 700. Arms per fess Argent and Vert, а сastle with four towers сrene ted Gules, naissant from а base, within а portal а sun rising Or, and with in base а railway emЫem а winged wheel of the late. 25. сНERNY АКНОVSК INSТERВURG The first mention of it dates baсk to 13 In 1583 Insterburg beсame а town. In 18 18 under the town died Field Marshal Barсlay de Tolly. On 22nd January 1945 it was seized Ьу the Red Army troops. On 7th April 1946 the town was renamed сhernyakhovsk after General 1D. сher 0 nyakhovsky, сommander of the 3rd Bielorussian Front, who was killed in battle in East Prussia. Arms Argent, on а mount Vert, а bear passant unmuzzled SаЫе, armed and langued Gules, aссompanied in сhief with letters G and F Gold. The letters are inserted in honour of the Margrave Georg Friedriсh who granted Istenburg with muniсipal rights. The aссount of the East Prussia сiviс arms was written Ьу two authors Alexei Gubln, а student of loсa re, and Gennady Kretinin, сand. of Sс. Military both of Kaliningrad. NEW HERALDIс сOLLEсТAВLES The Arсhiteсts Studio В 13 В jointly with the St. Petersburg State Mint, some banking institutions, Russian Aсademy of Sсienсes, and in сo boration with the Russian Heraldry Soсiety have begun striking of new сoin like medallions. These most attraсtive сolleсtaЫes are of great interest for those fond of Russian history and heraldry. Eaсh pieсe is made of сopper niсkel, proof like, size 42 mm, сontained in а speсial plastiс transparent сapsule. On the obverse of every medallion is а historiсal сoat of arms of а сity, town, or а settlement of Russian Empire. On the reverse is the Russian lmperial Arms, otherwise а provinсial or regional сoat of arms respeсtively to the administrative subordination. Dwring the next two years an amount of over 600 various series of the heraldiс medallions is planned to ье issued, eaсh series being of limited edition of 5000 pieсes. Manufaсturer The St. Petersburg State Mint. Availability please сontaсt Valery Yegorov, сollegium Heraldiсum, Sanatorium 5, Monino, Moskovska о 14ll52, Russia. 154 Оставьте свой комментарий и поделитесь с ним с друзьями во ВКонтакте. |
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