Coat of arms of Chekalina

“In a scarlet (red) field, a rising ermine lion with a golden tongue and claws, holding a golden twisted sword (saber) in its right front paw, and a silver“ tarch ” shield with an equilateral black cross in its left”

- Regulations on the coat of arms

The city is known as Lehvin since 1565 . In 1944, it was renamed Chekalin - in honor of the 16-year-old partisan, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Chekalin, who was executed here on November 6, 1941 .

The historical emblem of the district town of Likhvin of Kaluga governorship in 1777 is taken as the basis of the city emblem Chekalin.

The historical coat of arms of Likhvin was most highly approved on March 10 (21), 1777 by Empress Catherine II along with other coats of arms of the cities of Kaluga governorship (PSZ, 1777, Law No. 14596) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

The true description of the coat of arms of Likhvin read:

“The custom was Tatarsky to give evil with the signifying names to the cities, who strongly opposed them and defended the noble harm that caused the name of this city to occur; and also in the scarlet ground that marks the bloodshed, it means his coat of arms, standing on the left side of the ermine and golden tongue, and turned to the right, in the right paw, he holds a golden sword raised in a right, and in his left silver shield with a black cross and a black cross with a black sword, and in his left silver shield with a black cross with a black sword waving. residents, and that protected it was miserable.

The coat of arms of Likhvin was compiled by Prince M. Shcherbatov , herald-master , who from 1771 to 1778 headed the Heraldic office.

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

In the scarlet shield there is an ermine lion with a golden tongue and claws with the golden sword in the right paw and a silver shield with a black cross in the left. In the free part of the coat of arms of the Kaluga 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 historical coat of arms of Likhvin was not used.

On December 23, 1998, by the decision of the Assembly of representatives of the public self-government of the city of Chekalin, the historical coat of arms of Likhvin was approved as the official symbol of the city of Chekalin.

On October 29, 2004, the emblem of the municipality "Suvorovsky District of the Tula Region", which was developed by the Union of Heraldry of Russia on the basis of the historical coat of arms of Likhvin , was approved.

• Coats of arms of the Tula region

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• Coats of arms of the cities of Odoyev and Likhvin 1777
• Coat of arms of the city of Chekalin (Likhvin).