Emblem of Transnistria

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{{Infobox Coat of arms

|name = State emblem of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

|image = Coat of arms of Transnistria.svg

|image_width = 200px

|middle =Coat of arms of Pridnestrovie (variant).svg

|middle_width = 150px

|middle_caption =Using initials

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|armiger = Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

|year_adopted ={{ubl|2 September 1991 (de facto)|18 July 2000 (de jure)}}

|crest = Red star

|torse =

|shield = hammer and sickle, Rising sun above the Dniester river

|supporters = Wheat, corn, grape and fruit

|compartment =

|motto = {{langx|ru|Приднестровская Молдавская Республика}}
{{langx|ro|Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ|italics=no}} (in Moldovan Cyrillic)
{{langx|uk|Придністровська Молдавська Республіка}}

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|other_elements = Red star, rising sun

|earlier_versions =100px

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Transnistria, a breakaway state internationally recognised as part of Moldova, has a state emblem, adopted officially on 18 July 2000 alongside the state flag.{{cite web |script-title=ru:О государственной символике Приднестровской Молдавской Республики (Текущая редакция по состоянию на 16 марта 2005 года) |trans-title=On the State Symbols of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (current version as of 16 March 2005) |date=16 March 2005 |url=https://www.ulpmr.ru/ul/show/7LwX4PkULL1eZlALpNt6ivo8a9mbGReEavPY |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=PMR Ministry of Justice Archives |publisher=Government of Transnistria |language=ru |ref={{harvid|State Symbols Law of the PMR|2005}}}} It constitutes a remodeled version of the former Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic's emblem, which was replaced by the internationally recognized Moldovan government after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The only major pictorial change made in the Transnistrian version involves the addition of waves, representing the River Dniester. However, the inscriptions on the banner were changed: unlike the Moldavian SSR emblem, which bore the acronym РССМ (for "Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic") and the USSR state slogan "Workers of the world, unite!" in the "Moldavian" (Romanian in Moldovan Cyrillic) and Russian languages, the Transnistrian emblem bears the name PRIDNESTROVIAN MOLDAVIAN REPUBLIC in the Russian, Romanian and Ukrainian languages.

• In Russian, it reads "{{lang|ru|ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКАЯ МОЛДАВСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА}}" (transliterated as {{lang|ru-Latn|Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika}}) to the left;
• In Romanian (Moldovan Cyrillic), it reads "{{lang|ro|РЕПУБЛИКА МОЛДОВЕНЯСКЭ НИСТРЯНЭ}}" (transliterated as {{lang|ro|Republica Moldovenească Nistreană}}) in the middle;
• In Ukrainian, it reads "{{lang|uk|ПРИДНІСТРОВСЬКА МОЛДАВСЬКА РЕСПУБЛІКА}}" (transliterated as {{lang|uk-Latn|Prydnistrovs'ka Moldavs'ka Respublika}}) to the right.

Despite the emblem's depiction of the hammer and sickle, Transnistria is not a socialist state. The current president of Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselsky, who identifies himself as a monarchist, has stated that he considers the Soviet symbolism in the emblems of his country to be "irrelevant".{{Cite news |title=The official website of the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic reported that the working week of the Head of the State began with a teleconference meeting - News |url=http://gos-pmr.ru/press-sluzhba/novosti/selektornoe.html}}

File:Emblem of the Moldavian SSR (1981-1990).svg|Emblem of the Moldavian SSR; the Transnistrian emblem is based on it

File:Flag of Transnistria Republic.jpg|A road signboard with civil flag of Transnistria that superimposed with simplified version of the national emblem