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The coat of arms was granted to the town of Kola, as well as to other towns of Vologda Viceroyalty, by the , 1780 decree (ukase) of Catherine II "On the coat of arms of Vologda Viceroyalty".〔''Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast'', pp. 20–21〕 The upper part of the shield depicts a hand in the red field, stretching out from a cloud and holding a golden orb with a silver sword (a coat of arms of Vologda Viceroyalty).〔 The lower part of the shield depicts a whale—a species in hunting of which the town residents specialize.〔 In 1780, Kola was the administrative center of Kolsky Uyezd of Arkhangelsk Oblast of Vologda Viceroyalty.〔 When Arkhangelsk Oblast was re-organized into Arkhangelsk Viceroyalty by Catherine II's decree on , 1784, Kolsky Uyezd became a part of it as well.〔 Kola's coat of arms was soon modified accordingly—the coat of arms of Vologda Viceroyalty in the upper part was replaced with the coat of arms of Arkhangelsk Viceroyalty (in the golden field, an archangel defeats a devil with a fiery sword and a shield).〔 The date of this modification is unknown, but supposedly it was done in 1784.〔Geraldika.ru. Ю. В. Рубцов. (Земельная геральдика Кольского полуострова ), май 2003 г.〕 During Soviet times, the old coat of arms fell out of use.〔 In 1965, an emblem depicting a dam of a hydro-electric power station, an Arctic fox, a cog wheel, a spike, and lettering spelling "Kola" in the blue field, and a whale in a blue field in the lower part of the shield was proposed, but it had never been officially adopted.〔 Nevertheless, a pin badge depicting this emblem was produced in the 1980s, creating a false impression that the emblem was the official coat of arms.〔 The modern coat of arms of Kola was adopted on August 7, 1991〔Charter of Kola Urban Settlement, Article 4.1〕 and mirrors the 1781 coat of arms.〔The Charter of Kola states that the original coat of arms was adopted on October 2, 1781.〕 ==References== 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 Kola」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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