The State Emblem o the Soviet Union (Roushie: Государственный герб СССР Gosudarstvennyiy gerb SSSR[1]) wis adoptit in 1923 an wis uised till the dissolution o the Soviet Union in 1991. Although it technically is an emblem rather than a coat o airms, syne it does no follae heraldic rules, in Roushie it is cried герб (transliteration: gerb), the wird uised for a traditional coat o airms.