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State Coat of Arms of the USSR (1958-1991 version). Государственный герб СССР (версия 1958-1991). This image was scanned from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd edition in Russian, 6th vol., inset to page 352, 1971.

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This work is not an object of copyright according to article 1259 of Book IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation No. 230-FZ of December 18, 2006.

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Comment – This license tag is also applicable to official documents, state symbols and signs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (union level[1]).

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current12:11, 3 August 2006Thumbnail for version as of 12:11, 3 August 2006670 × 700 (457 KB)Cmapm (talk | contribs)
22:25, 4 February 2006Thumbnail for version as of 22:25, 4 February 2006388 × 400 (64 KB)Naryathegreat~commonswiki (talk | contribs)In the public domain, for the same reason according to this [http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Image:Soviet_coat_of_arms.jpg website], the source.
17:00, 5 September 2005Thumbnail for version as of 17:00, 5 September 2005388 × 400 (48 KB)Cmapm (talk | contribs)({{English}} State Coat of Arms of the USSR (1958-1991 version). {{Русский}}Государственный герб СССР (версия 1958-1991). {{PD-Soviet}}

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