Coat of arms of Vidyaev

The coat of arms of ZATO Vidyaevo is a blue-red-gold heraldic shield , which depicts a dolphin - a traditional symbol of swiftness and strength - surrounded by a polar star , northern lights and naval daggers . In a scarlet field, with a four-rayed silver-encrusted head of silver, a star between two flashes of aurora borealis (in the form of multiple narrowly cut silver and the color of a field of curly ribbons) - a golden pyramid overturned and inscribed above and to the sides, encumbered with black, with a silver belly , a natural looking dolphin and accompanied by golden daggers on the sides in black, with gold jewelry, a sheath laid with its arms up and tilted to the sides.

The symbolism of the coat of arms reflects the following: The upper part is the location of ZATO pos. Vidyaevo in the Arctic. The silhouette of the dolphin symbolizes the underwater forces of the Navy, the main profession of the inhabitants of the village - military sailors. Daggers in scabbard mean naval units based in the lips of Ara and Ur, whose military personnel have been residents of the village of Vidyaevo since 1958. The scarlet color is a symbol of valor and courage.

The coat of arms of ZATO Vidyaevo was approved by the decision of the Municipal Council of February 25, 2004 No. 26 and entered in the State Heraldry Register of the Russian Federation on November 17, 2004 with assignment of registration number 1586.

The village arose in 1958, and was previously called Uritsa by the name of a river flowing nearby. ZATO received its current name VIDYAEVO in memory of the commander of the Guards submarine Shch-422, captain-lieutenant Vidyaev Fedor Alekseevich , who died on July 1, 1943 in a battle with fascist invaders. In accordance with Presidential Decree No. 269 of March 6, 2001, the village of Vidyaevo was transformed into a closed administrative-territorial unit (ZATO).

The first coat of arms of ZATO Vidyaevo was approved in 2002 and had the following description: cross-sewn. In the upper blue field is the northern hemisphere of the earth, above it is a four-pointed star, at the edges of which there is aurora borealis. In the lower red field there is a silhouette of a dolphin and two naval daggers in a scabbard. Symbolism: A four-pointed star and aurora borealis indicate the location of the Closed Joint-Stock Company Vidyaevo-Far North, under the North Star. The northern hemisphere can also denote the “zone of responsibility” of submarines deployed here. Dolphin is a symbol of a nuclear submarine based in Vidyaevo. The naval daggers and the red field denote the state (sovereign) meaning: “the military power of Russia” - and its main purpose is the naval base.

Later, the coat of arms of Vidyaevo was finalized by the Union of Heraldists of Russia. The revised version was approved on February 25, 2004, the coat of arms was entered in the State Heraldry Register under No. 1586.

• Flag of Vidyaevo
• Coats of arms of settlements of the Murmansk region

• Yu. V. Rubtsov . Land heraldry of the Kola Peninsula // Murmansk Bulletin . - Murmansk, 2003.
• “ABOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE REGULATION ON THE USE OF THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE COAT BUT VIDYAEVO”