The Coat of Arms of Lithuania , also known as Vytis ( lit. Výtis "rider pursuing") - the official state symbol of the Republic of Lithuania ; established by the 15th article of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania , adopted by referendum 1992 , and described in the Law on the State Emblem. Goes back to Pogon - the coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania .
| Coat of arms of Lithuania | |
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Coat of arms of the Republic of Lithuania on the standard of the President of Lithuania | |
 The project of the large coat of arms of Lithuania. The author of the project is artist Arunas Kazhdailis | |
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| Approved by | September 4, 1991 |
| Temporary coat of arms of the Republic of Lithuania 1990-1992 The author of the project is the sculptor Juozas Zikaras | |
Content
Description
In the scarlet field, a silver rider in armor on a silver horse with a sword of the same metal raised in his right hand above his head. In his left hand the rider holds a azure shield with a golden double cross . The saddle and reins are azure, the hilt of the sword, stirrups, harness joints and other details are golden.
Usage
The seals, forms of documents, covers and cover pages of printed publications with the Coat of Arms of Lithuania are entitled
- The Sejm of the Republic of Lithuania and its subordinate institutions,
- President of the Republic of Lithuania , Government of Lithuania and its institutions, ministries,
- Bank of Lithuania
- administrations of county governors,
- Constitutional Court and Courts, Prosecutor General's Office and Territorial Prosecutor's Office,
- Department of State Security and its territorial divisions, Special Investigation Service, police institutions,
- diplomatic missions and consular posts,
- self-government institutions that do not have established official emblems, state institutions of education and science,
- bailiffs and notaries, some other officials (for example, elders in places where there are no civil metric institutions, use the official stamp when registering death and performing notarial acts).
On the seals, the horseman (an element of the state emblem) is depicted without a heraldic shield field.
Coat of Arms History
By 1366, a document with a seal depicting the Chase relates. From the end of the 14th century, a horseman with a sword was depicted on the background of a heraldic shield - on the seals of Jagiello (1386, 1387) and Vitovt (1401). From the beginning of the 15th century, the emblem Pogonya became the emblem of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . From the middle of the 15th century the direction of attack of the rider and the color of the coat of arms were established.
Later, the coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania became part of the coat of arms of the Commonwealth . After the third partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with the territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania included in the Russian Empire ( 1795 ), the coat of arms was included in the coat of arms of Russia - in one of the six heraldic shields surrounding the main shield with a two-headed eagle, as part of the combined emblems of the principalities and regions of Belarus and Lithuania, placed the coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the image of a silver horseman armed with a raised sword and a shield with a double (six-pointed) cross, on a silver horse covered with a three-pointed scarlet carpet with a gold border th. On the same shield, one of the elements of the Bialystok emblem is a similar armed horseman with a raised sword and a silver shield, on which is a scarlet double (six-pointed) cross; black horse, covered with a three-pointed scarlet carpet with a gold border. A similar silver horseman with a raised sword, but a round shield, appears on the coat of arms of Vitebsk in this shield of the united principalities and regions. [one]
The chase was also used in the arms of Vilna (approved in 1845 ) and the Vilnius province (approved in 1878 ). [2] .
In 1920 - 1922, the Pursuit was an element of the coat of arms of Middle Lithuania , reproducing the coat of arms of the Commonwealth - the White Eagle on the right half and Vitis on the left half of the heraldic shield. At the same time, Vitis became the emblem of the independent Republic of Lithuania ( 1918 - 1940 ).
Coats of arms: Republic of Belarus , 1991-1995 (left) and the Republic of Lithuania, since 1992 (right) | ||||||||||
Since 1988, it has been widely used as a national symbol. The law adopted by the Supreme Council of the Lithuanian SSR (later called the Restoration Seimas) on March 11, 1990 “On the Name of the State and the Coat of Arms” restored the pre-war coat of arms [3] . The initial reference colors and shapes, approved on May 17, 1990 , were clarified by a resolution of the Restoration Diet on September 4, 1991 .
Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, circa 1435 | |
Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania of the 16th century | |
One of the projects of the coat of arms of Lithuania in 1925. The author of the project is the sculptor Jonas Zikaras. Used as a temporary state coat of arms in 1990-1992. | |
One of the projects of the coat of arms of Lithuania |
Notes
- ↑ P. Kh. Grebelsky, A. B. Mirvis. House of the Romanovs. Biographical information about the members of the reigning house, their ancestors and relatives. St. Petersburg: LIO Editor, 1992. ISBN 5-7058-0160-2 . S. 239.
- ↑ Egidijus Aleksandravičius, Antanas Kulakauskas. Carų valdžioje. XIX amžiaus Lietuva. Vilnius: baltos lankos, 1996. ISBN 9986-403-69-3 . P. 18 (lit.)
- ↑ TO THE UNION OF SOVEREIGN PEOPLES. Collection of documents