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The coat of arms of Saint Petersburg is the official symbol of the city and was adopted in April 2003. ==History== Historical coat of arms of St. Petersburg, was approved in 1730, confirmed in 1780, amended in 1857, had not been cancelled and re-entered into use in 1991, is the oldest and the main official symbol of St. Petersburg. Served as the prototype of the Vatican coat of arms, as the city of St. Peter. After the October Revolution, and until the collapse of the Soviet Union (1917–1991 years), coat of arms of the city was not used. Firstly, because it bore the symbol of imperial power, incompatible with the official ideology of the regime then ruled. Secondly, the widespread use of city emblems and flags did not exist in the Soviet tradition. Often, instead of the coat of arms of the city at this time to use arbitrary symbols, such as a boat from the spire of the Admiralty. Only in the spring of 1989 the city government of Leningrad initiated the need for the city emblem. A city-wide competition was declared to design and has been appointed a cash prize to the winner. Exhibition projects of the new coat of arms was opened in May 1989 in the Peter and Paul Fortress. Against this initiative acted Historical Society patriotic "Russian Banner", which organized the protest and petition for the revival of the historical coat of arms of St. Petersburg (video of the event were shown on TV and are reflected in the urban media). As a result, the idea to establish a new - Soviet - the emblem of the Northern capital was abandoned, the public opinion of citizens inclined to revive existing since the time of Peter the Great, the city emblem, what was officially re-enacted in 1991. The current coat of arms was adopted on April 23, 2003. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coat of arms of Saint Petersburg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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