Coat of arms of Kasimov

“In the azure (blue, blue) field there is a golden ship base, whose nose is crowned with a crown decorated with gems.

In the upper left corner of the shield, in the golden free part with a rounded corner, there is an old green princely cap with a black sable edge and a golden adornment - "a town" in which azure semi-precious stone. "

- Regulations on the coat of arms

The coat of arms of the city of Kasimov is a azure (blue, blue) heraldic shield, in which an old golden ship's base is placed, meaning that from this place since ancient times forests surrounding the city of Kasimov were delivered to the ship's structure.

The shaped nose of the ship’s base reminded of the unique history of Kasimov (Gorodets Meshchersky), which was the center of the Kasimov kingdom in the 15th and 17th centuries, is crowned with a gold crown adorned with semi-precious stones.

As a sign of the administrative-territorial affiliation of the city of Kasimov to the Ryazan region in the upper heraldic left (right from the viewer) corner of the shield is placed a golden freestyle (special square) with a rounded corner, in which is an old green princely cap crowning the head of the prince in the regional coat of arms. The cap has a black sable edge, above which a gold ornament (“town”) is strengthened, symbolizing the “Tree of Life”, with an azure semi-precious stone, the color of the coat of arms and meaning the precious stone of the city of Kasimov in the crown of the Ryazan region.

The historical coat of arms of Kasimov was approved by the Emperor on May 29 ( June 9 ), 1779 by Empress Catherine II, along with other coats of arms of the cities of the Ryazan governorship (CPSRI, 1779, Law No. 14884). ^{[2] [3]} In the annex to the Law No. 14884 “Drawings of the Coats of Arms of Ryazan Province”, there is indicated an earlier date of the Highest approval of the coat of arms, March 29 ( April 9 ), 1779 . Most likely, the early date is a mistake that appeared in the appendix of the “Complete Collection of the Laws of the Russian Empire” in 1843 when compiling a special volume with lithographed images of all city and provincial emblems.

The original description of the emblem of Kasimov was: At the top of the emblem of the Ryazan governorship - “silver sword and scabbard laid on the cross, above them a green cap, what is the Prince in Namstnicheskom emblem”.

“In the 2 nd part of the blue half of the ship's base, which means that seized this place will be delivered to the ship's own shipboard.”

The coat of arms of Kasimov was compiled in the Geroldmeister office under the leadership of the state's adviser A. A. Volkov .

In 1864, during the period of the heraldic reform of Köhne , a draft of a new coat of arms of the county town Kasimov of the Ryazan province was developed (not officially approved):

“There are three golden logs in the azure shield. In the free part of the coat of arms of the Ryazan 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 Kasimov was not used in official documents.

On December 16, 1997, by the decision of the Kasimovskiy District Council of Deputies, the coat of arms of the Kasimovskiy district was approved, which was created on the basis of the historical coats of arms of Kasimov and Yelatma (1779) and had the following description: “In a azure (blue, blue) field - a silver wavy band, accompanied at the top gold ship base, facing indirectly to the heart of the shield, and below - a silver sail with gold ropes and a silver flag about two braids facing the right on a silver mast; in the golden freestyle with a rounded corner, there is an old green princely cap with a black sable edge, above which a gold ornament ("town") with an azure gemstone is fortified. "

The district coat of arms was designed by Sergey Afonin, Nikolai Samochadin, Gennady Gryaznov. The author of the coat of arms is Mikhail Shelkovenko.

On May 19, 1998, the emblem of Kasimov was approved, developed on the basis of the historical emblem of the city in 1779 by artist Mikhail Shelkovenko together with Kasimov artist Vladimir Murashov.

In 2012, the city's coat of arms was crowned with a five-prong municipal crown with a gold hoop decorated with gems (as a sign that Kasimov in ancient times was the center of the Kasimov kingdom (khanate). ^[4]

On October 6, 2003, the Bank of Russia issued a commemorative coin of 10 rubles, from the Ancient Cities of Russia series, on the reverse of which the coat of arms of Kasimov is depicted.

• Flag of Kasimov

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• The Bank of Russia issues coins in denominations of 10 rubles in the Ancient Cities of Russia series.
• FIXED: The updated coat of arms of Ryazan Kasimov appeared in the network
• Crown reception. In Kasimov, Ryazan region decided to change the coat of arms