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by countersixte 4762 days ago
Most of these cities (e.g. Zheleznogorsk [1]) seem to have a stylized atom as part of their coat of arms. I wonder if it was common practice in the USSR to incorporate similar symbols into the coat of arms of other newly founded industrial cities?

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheleznogorsk,_Krasnoyarsk_Krai
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a-nikolaev 4762 days ago
Yeah, it was quite common:

http://bit.ly/14HIT5f

I think, it was really fun. Sadly, it seems that nowdays, our (Russian) government favors religiouis symols over indistrial/sientific ones..

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