The Symbols of My Native Town

1. The Symbols of My Native Town
Do you agree that Lebedyan’s new coat-of-arms reflects its
history, geography and culture?
Would you like to change it?

2. 1781
top half
bottom
half
background
beehive
white swan
green ground
golden bees
rectangular
new

3. 3
Lebedyan is a part of Lipetsk region
As Lebedyan does not belong to Tambov region anymore, its symbols
have to be changed.

4. The old coat-of-arms was
adopted in 1781. On the
blue background in the top
half of the rectangular one
can see a beehive on the
green ground with three
golden bees flying over it.
It's a part of Tambov's coat-of-
arms. The point is
Lebedyan belonged to
Tambov region where
beekeeping was highly-developed.
In the bottom
half of the coat-of-arms
there was a white swan
which gave its name to a
town.

5. In the centre of the new coat-of-arms
there is a swan which symbolizes
constancy (верность), true and pure
(чистая) love. The blue background
shows the geographical position of the
town which is situated on the great
Russian river Don. Blue is a symbol of
peace (мир), glory (слава), loyalty
(преданность), sincerity (искренность)
and honesty (четность).
The swan itself is silver
(серебряный), this colour symbolizes
wisdom (мудрость), nobleness
(благородство), peace, mutual
(взаимное) cooperation
(сотрудничество).
The golden colour on the coat-of-arms
symbolizes intelligence (ум), richness
(богатство), strength (сила), greatness
(величие), generosity (щедрость).

6. Lebedyan,
gymnasium №1,