Coat of Chistopol

“The coat of arms is a heraldic shield, in the upper part of which the name of the city is given in silver on the green-colored plank. The main field of the shield is divided vertically into 2 unequal parts. On the right side on a blue background is an image of a silver gear part, inside of which is a red watch dial with silver hands, below is an image of waves (silver). On the left side on a gold background there are 2 silver ears .

The emblem of the coat of arms - clockwork , spike, Kama wave - the main directions of the economy of the city and region. " ^[one]

The first mentions of the village of Chistoye Pole appeared in the annals at the end of the 17th - beginning of the 18th century .

In 1781, by the decree of Catherine II, the village of Chistoye Pole received the status of the county town Chistopol of the Kazan governorship and the city's coat of arms was approved.

The coat of arms of Chistopol was compiled in the Department of Gerolds under the Senate under the direction of the Herald Master , Acting State Councilor A. A. Volkov.

The emblem of the city was approved by the Emperor on October 18, 1781 by Empress Catherine II, along with other emblems of the cities of Kazan governorship (PSZ, 1781, Law No. 15260) ^{[2] [3]}

A true description of the coat of arms of the city of Chistopol read:

"Golden, branded quarters in the gold field, in the sign that in the new city a great trade is made by everybody ."

At the top of the shield is the emblem of the Kazan governorship : “The serpent is black, under the crown of Kazan gold, the wings are red, the field is white.”

In 1859 , during the period of the heraldic reform of Köhne , a draft of a new coat of arms of the county town Chistopol was developed (not officially approved):

"In the green shield silver" quarter ". In the free part of the coat of arms of the Kazan province. The shield is crowned with a silver wall crown and surrounded by golden spikes , connected by the Alexander Ribbon . ”

In the Soviet period, the emblem of Chistopol (1781) was not used.

In 1967, the session of the Chistopol City Council of Workers' Deputies approved a new coat of arms of the city of Chistopol, designed by Ivan Pavlovich Romanov and Yevgeny Andreyevich Skorokhodov.

In 1994, a badge with a modified coat of arms of Chistopol of the Soviet period was issued. In general, the new composition repeated the coat of arms of 1967, but in the free part the coat of arms of Tatarstan was placed, and the color scheme of the dial pattern of clocks and grain ears was changed. (The coat of arms was not officially approved in this form).

In the post-Soviet period, decisions to cancel the coat of arms of Chistopol in 1967, as well as to revive or restore the historical coat of arms of the city as an official symbol of Chistopol, were not made by the city authorities. Therefore, de jure , we can assume that the official emblem of Chistopol is currently the emblem, approved in 1967.

On January 24, 2007, by decision No. 13/3 of the Council of the Chistopolsky Municipal District, the coat of arms of the Chistopolsky Municipal District was approved.

The historical coat of arms of the county town of Chistopol (1781) was taken as the basis of the coat of arms of the Chistopolsky municipal district.

• Coats of arms of settlements of the Republic of Tatarstan

• Winkler P. P. Emblems of cities, provinces, regions and towns Pos. empire included in Full. collected laws from 1649 to 1900 - Moscow, 1990;
• O. Revo, “The Crests of the Cities of the Kazan Province”, Science and Life Journal, No. 11, 1976.

• The history of the emblem of Chistopol