Acceptance date: 25.10.2007
Heraldic description:
In a field dissected into greenery and scarlet, there are two gold crenellated two-tiered towers, also connected by a crenellated wall of the same metal, standing on a silver bow laid up with a bowstring; between the towers is a black stone edged with silver (about four rounded and four sharp visible ledges) with a golden flame emanating upwards. The shield is surmounted by the municipal crown of the established pattern.
The municipal crown of the city district is a gold tower crown with five visible teeth.
The coat of arms can be reproduced both with a crown (full coat of arms) and without it (abbreviated coat of arms); both versions of the coat of arms are equal in rights and have the same status.
Approved October 25, 2007 Decision No. 108 of the Anzhero-Sudzhensk City Council of People's Deputies.
Description: The shield is divided into three fields: red on the left, green on the right, divided vertically, and a silver field at the bottom. In the center of the shield is a shield with a central fragment depicting a black stone. irregular shape, engulfed in flames of golden color on a blue background.The shield covers parts of the fields of the shield.
A horseshoe-shaped blue ribbon is placed on the red and green fields of the coat of arms.
At the bottom of the coat of arms, on a silver field, there are two golden towers connected by a golden wall. The coat of arms is framed by a golden border.
The meaning of the colors and elements of the coat of arms:
Red color - courage, courage, fearlessness, energy, activity.
Green is hope, abundance, freedom, the color of Siberia.
Silver is the color of innocence, characterizing the purity of thoughts.
Blue color in the shield - greatness, beauty, clarity.
Golden color - wealth, strength, fidelity, purity, constancy.
The blue horseshoe ribbon symbolizes the Yaya River.
The black stone of irregular shape, engulfed in a flame of golden color - symbolizes coal.
Two gold-colored towers connected by a golden wall symbolize the merging of two workers' settlements that gave the city its name.
Approved Decree of the City Council of People's Deputies No. 13 of May 24, 2001.
A bluish-gray horseshoe runs through the entire shield with its ends down to the edges of the shield (the Yaya River, which surrounds the city from almost all sides). There are two fortresses on the white triangle (a fragment of the regional coat of arms of the city of Kemerovo).
In the full version of the coat of arms above the shield there are branches of cedar, wood grouse (regional belonging to Siberia) and two stars (Anzherka and Sudzhenka - two villages before the unification). Above them is the motto: "Love, burn, create." In the lower part there is a ribbon with the inscription Anzhero-Sudzhensk and the year of the appearance of the first settlement - 1897.
Approved on December 30, 1973. Description of the coat of arms: “The shield is crossed by a black belt, bordered with gold and burdened with golden ears of corn. The top field is scarlet, the bottom black. Everything is burdened with a silver retort with a golden gear attached.
Anzhero – Sudzhensk
In a field dissected into greenery and scarlet, there are two gold crenellated two-tiered towers, also connected by a crenellated wall of the same metal, standing on a silver bow laid up with a bowstring; between the towers is a black stone edged with silver (about four rounded and four sharp visible ledges) with a golden flame emanating upwards. The shield is crowned with the municipal crown of the established pattern. The municipal crown of the city district is a golden tower with five visible teeth.
The coat of arms can be reproduced both with a crown (full coat of arms) and without it (abbreviated coat of arms); both versions of the coat of arms are equal in rights and have the same status.
The coat of arms was approved on October 25, 2007 by Decision No. 108 of the Anzhero-Sudzhensk City Council of People's Deputies.
Approved on March 12, 1804. Description of the coat of arms: “In the shield, divided horizontally in two, in the upper half is the Tomsk coat of arms, and in the lower half there is a forge with tools belonging to it in the golden field.”
Approved on March 18, 1994. Description of the coat of arms: “In the scarlet shield is a stylized piece of black anthracite in a silver glow. In the silver top is the name of the city in scarlet letters. In the green tip, there are two thin azure belts connected to the right into one.
The emblem of the city of Prokopyevsk is a heraldic shield of the French form, divided horizontally into two equal halves. At the top of the shield is a running silver (white) horse on a green background, symbolizing best qualities: courage, speed, strength, dexterity. The lower part of the shield is of golden (yellow) color, against which there are a crossed blacksmith's hammer and a pickaxe, symbolizing the industrial affiliation of the city. Green is a symbol of hope, youth, abundance. The golden (yellow) color symbolizes the wealth of the Prokopyevsk land, justice, power.
“The upper half of the coat of arms is a symbolic image of a coal enterprise. It is presented in the form of a pit with a shaft, painted in blue color, built in the form of letters L and K. At the bottom of the coat of arms there is a golden gear symbolizing the developed industry and industry of the city of Leninsk-Kuznetsky, and the black color symbolizes the huge reserves of coal in the city.
“In a scarlet (red) field, a young man turned to the right in a short tunic, buttoned on his right shoulder and with a puff fluttering behind him, carrying an upraised right hand flame deviating to the left; all pieces are gold.
“In an azure field, under a silver concave birch-leaved head, a miner's lamp of the same metal with a scarlet flame and a black safety grill, placed on two gold crossed picks.
The shield is surmounted by a gold tower crown with three prongs.
"Symbolism of the emblem composition:
The silver head is a vowel emblem to the name of the city. Birch leaves indicate the emergence of a settlement in a place rich in birch forests and the initial occupation of its inhabitants is the production of charcoal. In addition, birch, as a tree of birth and beginning, indicates primacy in the discovery and development of coal deposits. The lamp and pickaxes represent the coal mining mentioned above. The combination of silver and azure is intended to show the peaceful nature of the territory, its inhabitants and their work, as well as the dignity found in work. The image of picks in gold is a symbol of labor glory.
The coat of arms of the city was approved in October 1982. The author is Anatoly Pavlovich Khutorny.
“In the center of the heraldic shield, the locomotive is a symbol railway transport, with which the city began its development, around - a gear and an ear. The gear wheel is a symbol of the industry developing in the city, the spike is a symbol of the fact that the city is the center of an agricultural region. The green at the top of the shield indicates that the city is located in a swamp. The blue background of the bottom represents a bright future.”
“The coat of arms is a heraldic shield 43 × 57 in size, the upper part of which is white - for the name of the city, the middle part has a red background - the color of the revolution, with a carnation on it, the lower part is green, reflecting the nature of the surroundings of Taiga, it depicts a steam locomotive - a symbol of the historical past of the city, which is associated with the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway"
In a green shield is a stylized arrow, scarlet, bordered with gold. The wavy extremity is crossed: the upper part is azure, the lower one is black.
Approved by the Art Council of the Kemerovo Regional Executive Committee on February 12, 1976.
“In an azure (blue, blue) field with a black tip turned on, on top of everything there is a scarlet (red) star, thinly bordered with gold, about 12 uneven rays, of which the longest one is turned to the left and down.”
“In the azure (blue, blue) field, a golden flame emerging from below, burdened with a black rising horse.”
Coat of arms of Kiselevsk: “In a field dissected by azure and scarlet, a golden spade and a pick placed crosswise in the place of honor of the shield, and a silver lantern with a golden flame suspended on their crosshair by a hook. The shield is surmounted by the municipal crown of the established pattern (golden five-towered crown)."
The coat of arms was developed by the Ural Heraldic Association: the archivist of the Ural State Academy of Sciences - Grefenshtein A.K., the chairman of the Ural State Academy of Sciences - Kondyurin V.K.
The coat of arms was approved on November 30, 2005 by the Council of People's Deputies of the city of Kiselevsk by Resolution No. 180.
"Komsomolskaya Pravda" found out which coats of arms in the cities Kemerovo region. Today it includes 20 cities - large and small. And each of them has its own emblem, which tells about what kind of people live in the city and what they do.
Kemerovo
The Kemerovo coat of arms was approved on December 30, 1973. It is presented in the form of a French-shaped shield, which is divided into two fields of red and black. In its center is a stylized image of a chemical retort - an apparatus used for distillation or for reproducing reactions. The retort, in turn, overlaps parts of the gear and ears. And above all this, the name of the city is inscribed - Kemerovo.
As we can see, everything in the coat of arms symbolizes the main directions industrial development the regional capital - chemical and machine-building. And ears of wheat show the fertility of our land, associated with the use of mineral fertilizers, which are produced at the chemical enterprises of the city.
Novokuznetsk
Novokuznetsk residents got their own coat of arms back in 1804. Even the date and month are known - March 12th. How! The emblem is presented in the form of a shield, divided in half.
In the upper half is the Tomsk coat of arms - a snow-white horse runs across a clean green field. Previously, such a horse was called "Kuznetsk", because its breed was distinguished by its endurance and hard work. She could independently get food even from under deep snow.
Below it is a forge and all the tools belonging to it. They are depicted against a background of golden color, which symbolizes flourishing, splendor. This is a kind of tribute to the occupations of the indigenous inhabitants of the Kuznetsk Territory.
Leninsk-Kuznetsky
The coat of arms of Leninsk-Kuznetsky reflects the natural and economic features of the city. In its center is a black stone, which symbolizes the main wealth of the city - coal, the reserves of which amount to millions of tons. And it is not surprising that this black stone flaunts on the coat of arms! After all, Leninsk-Kuznetsky is located in the very center of the Kuznetsk Basin.
Charcoal, painted over a crossed golden hammer and pick, is surrounded by radiance. It means life and the heat that a stone releases when burned. And the blue stripe on this coat of arms symbolizes the river Inya, a tributary of the Ob, on which the city of Leninsk-Kuznetsky is located.
Belovo
The coat of arms of Belovo residents turned out to be very pretty. In its center is a miner's lamp with a scarlet flame and a black safety grill, placed on two gold crossed picks. The lamp and picks represent coal mining. And above them are silver birch leaves. They indicate the emergence of a settlement in a place rich in birch forests, and the initial occupation of its inhabitants was the production of charcoal. The shield is crowned with a golden tower crown.
The colors on the coat of arms show what kind of people live in Bielovo. The combination of silver and azure means the peaceful nature of the town, its inhabitants and their work, as well as the dignity found in work. And the golden picks and the tower are a symbol of labor glory.
Anzhero – Sudzhensk
The beautiful coat of arms of Anzhero-Sudzhensk is two golden towers standing on a silver bow laid up with a bowstring. Between them was a black stone with a golden flame emanating upwards. This whole composition is divided in half by two colors - green and red. The first is the color of Siberia, it symbolizes hope, abundance. Red color - courage, courage, fearlessness, energy, activity. The shield is crowned with the municipal crown of the urban district - a golden tower.
Prokopyevsk
The coat of arms of Prokopyevsk appeared on May 28, 2003. It is also divided into two different halves. At the same time, the emblem is similar to the coat of arms of Novokuznetsk - in its upper part there is also a running white horse on a green background. They symbolize the best qualities: courage, speed, strength, dexterity.
Under the horse are a blacksmith's hammer and a pickaxe on a yellow background. They show that Prokopyevsk is an industrial city. And here yellow reflects the wealth and fertility of local lands.
Mezhdurechensk
The coat of arms of Mezhdurechensk shows its main natural wealth - coal. A flash emanates from it, which is a kind of fire that reflects heat and light.
The author of the coat of arms - Vladislav Gushchin - painted a stone on a red background. This color of the field in heraldry symbolizes the energy that gives life to the city and the fire that melts metal. Also, red is a symbol of labor, warmth, activity, courage, celebration and beauty.
Directly under the black coal are the green taiga and the rivers Tom and Usa. It was at the place of their confluence that Mezhdurechensk settled down.
Kiselevsk
The emblem of Kiselevsk was approved on November 30, 2005. The emblem is cut in half in two colors - azure and red. In the center of the coat of arms are depicted a golden spade and a pick laid crosswise. They hung a silver lantern with a golden flame by a hook. Tools and a lantern represent coal mining. The top of the shield is crowned with a gold five-towered crown.
Yurga
But the residents of Yurga have a really unusual coat of arms! It depicts a black horse rising on its hind legs. It seems that he will now leave the emblem and gallop into the distance. And he is all blazing with fire - the picture is impressive! Fire is the embodiment of energy, a symbol of life, rebirth.
The horse is the oldest symbol of development, progress, striving for perfection, harmony with nature. His images are among the rock paintings of the Tutal and Nikolskaya petroglyphs. After all, earlier for the ancestors who inhabited the vicinity of Yurga, the horse was of paramount importance in life.
Berezovsky
The emblem of the city of Berezovsky fully reflects not only the name of the city, but also its natural environment - a stylized birch leaf flaunts on the shield. In its center is the symbol of the mining town - a jackhammer.
Note that the lower part of the emblem is marked in black. Coal was marked with this color on the coat of arms. It is into it that the jackhammer penetrates. The name of the city is written in silver above the coat of arms.
Osinniki
A shining yellow disk with rays in a circle - such a sun is on the coat of arms of Osinniki. The sun is a symbol of the universe, life, striving for perfection.
But on the coat of arms heavenly body takes on more meaning, because Osinniki is located in the Kemerovo region, a coal region. The sun rises as if from coal seams marked in black. Such natural resources provide warmth and energy and contribute to its development. And one more feature - on a black background, the rays of the sun white color. They are a kind of blades of a combine that extracts coal.
toes
The golden flower of the Asiatic bathing suit is painted on the coat of arms of the city of Myski. It shows the beauty and purity of the local nature, the growth of the economy and culture of the settlement. But gold is a symbol of the highest value, greatness, wealth, harvest.
The blue wavy part of the coat of arms depicts two rivers - Tom and Mras-su. They flow through the urban area. And at the very bottom, of course, coal is indicated in black!
Mariinsk
Another flower - only wooden - settled on the coat of arms of Mariinsk. It is drawn in the form of a carved disk on a stem with leaves. Top part The flower is depicted in the form of a gold coin of Byzantium - a bezant. It symbolizes success in business and trade. The pattern of the sun is carved on the bezant.
And why was the flower depicted precisely wooden? The answer is simple: many houses are decorated with wood carvings on railings, shutters, architraves and door slopes. Such decorations are the most noticeable attraction and the pride of all residents of the Mariinsky municipal district.
Fireboxes
In the center of the coat of arms of Topok is a locomotive - a symbol of railway transport. It was from him that the development of the city began. The green at the top of the shield indicates that the city is located in a swamp. The blue background reflects a bright future.
Around the locomotive are a gear and an ear. The first speaks of the industry developing in the city, the second is a symbol of the fact that the city is the center of an agricultural region.
Polysaevo
Another interesting coat of arms at Polysaev. It depicts a man - a golden man in a short tunic, carrying a flame in his palm.
Such a figure is consonant with the image of the ancient hero Prometheus. It was he who gave fire to people. And it is no coincidence that he appeared on the coat of arms of Polysaev. The man speaks allegorically about the main professional activity local population - coal mining.
There is another meaning to this coat of arms. Polysaevo is a young, developing city. So the man on the coat of arms is shown in the prime of his life.
Taiga
On the coat of arms of Tashtagol, in the upper left corner, there are two sables supporting the crown against the background of two crossed arrows. Such a composition speaks of the connection between the present and the past in the city. To the right of them is the date of granting Tashtagol the status of a city - 1963.
At the bottom of the shield are three figures against the backdrop of mountains. At the very bottom are two crossed hammers, denoting the union of science and mining. To the right of them is a skier. It means the development of winter sports and tourism.
And above them is a black triangle lying on the palms. This is how the dominant branch of economy in Tashtagol is designated - the extraction of iron ore.
But the sable became the most important on the coat of arms of Kaltan. After all, the name of the city, according to Dahl's dictionary, means under-sable, not a sable or a summer sable. Simply put, young sable is called kaltan.
The animal is drawn against the background of a green circle that depict meadow grass. Rays emanate from the circle, directed to the sky. They symbolize the turbine blades of the city-forming enterprise - the first station in Siberia high pressure Yuzhno-Kuzbasskaya GRES.
Salair
At Salairsky municipality on the coat of arms is a potato bush. He was painted with three purple flowers with golden testicles.
The armorial figures symbolize the wealth and prosperity received from rural labor. Also, local potatoes are famous for their special, good quality.
ANZHERO-SUDZHENSK, city reg. subordination in the Kemerovo region, located in the Kuznetsk basin, 107 km north of Kemerovo. Zh.-d. station. From 1928 - a worker. settlement, since 1931 - city. Number population (thousand people): 1913 - approx. 3.0; 1917 - 15.0; 1928 - 33.9; 1939 - 70.0; 1959 - 115.6; 1968 - 115.0; 1979 - 105.1; 1992 - 106.4; 2002 - 86.5; 2007 - 83.2.
It arose on the basis of the Sudzhensky coal mines, founded in 1897 in St. Petersburg. lawyer, industrialist and millionaire L.A. Michelson, and treasury. Angers mines (founded in 1898), which supplied coal Trans-Siberian Railway. In 1928, mining settlements. Anzherka and Sudzhenka are combined into a slave. settlement Anzhero-Sudzhensk. During the years of the 1st five-year plans, the Anzhero-Sudzhensky district becomes one of the main. districts of coal mining, the Antonovsky quartzite mine, a bakery and meat processing plant were launched. During the years of the Great Patriotic War prom-t A.-S. replenished several factories: Anzhersky mashinostroit. (on the basis of the Svet Miner and Krasny Metallist factories, evacuated from Kharkov and Konotop), glasses. (on the basis of the Batyshevsky and Veliky Oktyabr glass factories), No. 37 of the People's Commissariat of Health (on the basis of the Semashko Chemical Pharmaceutical Plant, Moscow, and part of the salicylic plant). In the postwar time, the city was intensively built and continued to develop, however, in the 1960–80s. new mines and cuts were opened in the most prospects. south districts of Kuzbass. Extraction of Anzhero-Suj. coal decreased to 3.8 million tons in 1985. Miners A.-S. actively participated in the July 1989 miners' strike. Crisis. con situation. 1980s–90s negatively affected the fate of the city: the oldest mines were closed, production volumes dropped sharply, mass unemployment appeared. All this became the main the cause of the "rail war" in 1998, when. were blocked by workers, doctors, teachers.
Today, the coal industry of the city is represented by 3 mines - "Fizkulturnik", "Sibirskaya", "Anzherskaya-Yuzhnaya", 2 cuts - "Alchedatsky" and "Shcherbinovsky" and will enrich. f-coy "Anzherskaya". The development of the Nizovskoye coal deposit is considered promising. The leading enterprises of the city are: OJSC "Anzheromash", a leader in the production of downhole equipment for mechanizir. coal mining; OJSC "ASPHARMA", manufacturer and pharmacist. products in the form of synthetic substances. medicines. funds and finished drugs. forms; State Unitary Enterprise "Anzhero-Sudzhenskaya CHPP"; CJSC "Sibirsky Kolos", one of the largest grain processing plants. enterprises beyond the Urals; OJSC "Anzhero-Sudzhensky Meat Processing Plant"; OJSC Anzhero-Sudzhensky Dairy Plant.
In 1934, 15 b-k, 7 clubs, a cinema, 2 stadiums, a park of culture and recreation were operating in the city. The city hospital was built in 1931. Today in the city: 9 early. and 26 Wed. general education institutions, 2 prof.-tech. schools, boarding school, music. school, children and youth sport. school; 14 cultural institutions, including the Anzher local historian. museum (1981). There are branches of the Kemerovo state. un-ta (since 1991), Kuzbass State University. Technical University, Tomsk State. Pedagogical University. The newspapers "Our City", "RIO" are published. MUP "City Television and Radio Company" operates.
The first emblem of A.-S. approved in 1981: dark red background top. parts with the inscription "Anzhero-Sudzhensk" symbolizes the roar. the city's past. The golden-green background of the shield represents the forest, taiga. environment. Black slag heap - basic. coal industry, which was the cause of the city. Against the background of the waste heap, symbols of the leading industries are depicted: mechanical engineering, chemical, glass, etc.
In 1992, the coat of arms was approved: the shield is divided vertically into green and red, with a white triangle below. In the center is an irregularly shaped black polyhedron in a yellowish flame (a stone that burns is the cause of the settlement). A bluish-gray horseshoe runs through the entire shield with its ends down (the Yaya River, which surrounds the city from almost all sides). There are 2 fortresses on the white triangle. Above the shield are branches of cedar, capercaillie (a regional belonging to Siberia) and 2 stars (Anzherka and Sudzhenka - 2 villages before the unification). Above them is the motto: "Love, burn, create." In the bottom part of the tape with the name of the city and the year of the appearance of the 1st settlement - 1897.
In 2001, a new coat of arms was approved: the shield is forked into 3 fields: red, green and silver at the bottom. In the center is a blue shield with a black stone of irregular shape, enveloped in evil. flame. A horseshoe-shaped blue ribbon is placed on the red and green fields. On silver. field 2 gold towers connected by evil. wall. The horseshoe-shaped ribbon symbolizes the river. Yaya. A stone engulfed in flames symbolizes the extraction of stones. coal. The towers, connected by a wall, symbolize the merging of 2 working settlements that gave the city its name.
Modern the coat of arms was approved in 2007: in a field dissected on a green and red field - 2 evils. jagged two-tiered towers, connected by a battlement wall of the same metal, standing on a silver bowstring laid up. bow; between the towers there is a black stone bordered with silver (about 4 rounded and 4 sharp visible ledges) with an evil going up. flame.
Lit .: Shuranov N.P. Cities of Kuzbass. Novosibirsk, 2002. T. 1.
O.V. Baev, N.F. Kustova
Located in the Kuznetsk Basin, 107 km north of Kemerovo . Railroad station. Since 1928 - a working settlement, since 1931 - a city. Population (thousand people): 1913 - approx. 3.0; 1917 - 15.0; 1928 - 33.9; 1939 -70.0; 1959 - 115.6; 1968 - 115.0; 1979 - 105.1; 1992 -106.4; 2002 - 86.5; 2007 - 83.2.
Arose on the basis of the Sudzhensky coal mines, founded in 1897 by a St. Petersburg lawyer, industrialist and millionaire L. A. Mikhelson , and the state-owned Anzhersk mines (founded in 1898), which supplied coal Trans-Siberian Railway . In 1928 the mining settlements of Anzherka and Sudzhenka were merged into the workers' settlement of Anzhero-Sudzhensk. During the years of the first five-year plans, the Anzhero-Sudzhensky district became one of the main areas for coal mining, the Antonovsky quartzite mine, a bakery and meat processing plant began to operate. Over the years Great Patriotic War the industry of Anzhero-Sudzhensk was replenished with several factories: Anzhersky machine-building (on the basis of the factories "Light of the Miner" and "Red Metallist", evacuated from Kharkov and Konotop), glass (on the basis of the glass factories of Batyshevsky and "Great October"), No. 37 of the People's Commissariat of Health (on the basis of base of the chemical farm plant named after Semashko, Moscow, and part of the salicylic plant). In the post-war period, the city was intensively built and continued to develop, but in the 1960-80s. new mines and cuts were opened in the most promising southern regions of Kuzbass. The extraction of Anzhero-Sudzhensk coal decreased to 3.8 million tons in 1985. The miners of Anzhero-Sudzhensk actively participated in the July strike of miners in 1989. The crisis situation of the late 1980-90s. negatively affected the fate of the city: the oldest mines were closed, production volumes dropped sharply, mass unemployment appeared. All this became the main reason for the "rail war" of 1998, when railways were blocked by workers, doctors, teachers.
Today, the coal industry of the city is represented by 3 mines - "Fizkulturnik", "Sibirskaya", "Anzherskaya-Yuzhnaya", 2 cuts - "Alchedatsky" and "Shcherbinovsky" and the processing plant "Anzherskaya". The development of the Nizovskoye coal deposit is considered promising. The leading enterprises of the city are: OJSC "Anzheromash", a leader in the production of downhole equipment for mechanized coal mining; ASFAR-MA OJSC, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products in the form of synthetic drug substances, agents and finished dosage forms; State Unitary Enterprise "Anzhero-Sudzhenskaya CHPP"; CJSC "Sibirsky Kolos", one of the largest grain processing enterprises beyond the Urals; OJSC "Anzhero-Sudzhensky Meat Processing Plant"; OJSC Anzhero-Sudzhensky Dairy Plant.
In 1934, 15 b-k, 7 clubs, a cinema, 2 stadiums, a park of culture and recreation were operating in the city. The city hospital was built in 1931. Today in the city: 9 primary and 26 secondary educational institutions, 2 vocational schools, boarding school, music school, youth sport school; 14 cultural institutions, including the Angers Museum of Local Lore (1981). There are branches of Kemerovo state university(since 1991), Kuzbass State technical university, Tomsk State Pedagogical University. The newspapers "Our City", "RIO" are published. MUP "City Television and Radio Company" operates.
The first coat of arms of Anzhero-Sudzhensk was approved in 1981: the dark red background of the upper part with the inscription "Anzhero-Sudzhensk" symbolizes the revolutionary past of the city. The golden-green background of the shield represents the forest, taiga environment. The black slag heap is the main coal industry that caused the city to emerge. Against the background of the waste heap, symbols of the leading industries are depicted: mechanical engineering, chemical, glass and others.
In 1992, the coat of arms was approved: the shield is divided vertically into green and red, with a white triangle below. In the center is a black polyhedron of irregular shape in a yellowish flame (a stone that burns is the cause of the settlement). A bluish-gray horseshoe runs through the entire shield with its ends down (the Yaya River, the edges are surrounded by the city from almost all sides). There are 2 fortresses on the white triangle. Above the shield are branches of cedar, capercaillie (a region belonging to Siberia) and 2 stars (Anzherka and Sudzhenka - 2 villages before the unification). Above them is the motto: "Love, burn, create." In the bottom part of the tape with the name of the city and the year of the appearance of the 1st settlement - 1897.
In 2001, a new coat of arms was approved: the shield is forked into 3 fields: red, green and silver at the bottom. In the center is a blue shield with an irregularly shaped black stone engulfed in golden flames. A horseshoe-shaped blue ribbon is placed on the red and green fields. On the silver field there are 2 golden towers connected by a golden wall. The horseshoe-shaped ribbon symbolizes the Yaya River. Stone engulfed in flames symbolizes the mining of coal. The towers, connected by a wall, symbolize the merger of 2 workers' settlements that gave the city its name.
The modern coat of arms was approved in 2007: in a field dissected on green and red - 2 golden jagged two-tiered towers, connected by a battlement wall of the same metal, standing on a silver bow laid up with a bowstring; between the towers is a black stone edged with silver (about 4 rounded and 4 sharp visible ledges) with a golden flame emanating upwards.
Lit .: Shuranov N.P. Cities of Kuzbass. Novosibirsk, 2002. T. 1.
O.V. Baev, N.F. Kustova
