To understand the meaning of the image on the coat of arms, you need to study the history of the city to which it belongs and find out what served as the idea for its foundation. This may be the need to build a fortress, the development and prosperity of any industry or religious affiliation of the inhabitants. And also one of the reasons for choosing an image for the coat of arms may be a legend - as happened in Yaroslavl.
The image on the coat of arms of Yaroslavl
The emblem of Yaroslavl is as follows: on a silver shield turned to the right on its hind legs is a black bear and holds the golden ax with his left front paw.
This image was approved by the "Regulation on the coat of arms of the city of Yaroslavl" dated August 23, 1995.
The story that underlies the creation of the coat of arms
The legend tells how Yaroslav the Wise, traveling with his squad in the Rostov land, lagged behind his army and got lost. Stopping on the banks of the Volga, he decided to relax. And then I saw that a fierce bear was running at him. The prince grabbed an ax and hit him with a beast. On that day, the great ruler decided to lay a church in this place. And then around it began to be built houses that were settled by immigrants from Rostov.
The very appearance of the coat of arms is a natural process of the formation and development of the city. But the image on the emblem of a bear with its hatchet, or ax, has always tormented researchers of heraldry. Some were adherents of the legend of Yaroslav the Wise, others claimed that this was a reflection of the pagan worship of the bear.
