Blazons of Yaroslavl Oblast Towns

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Coat of arms of Yaroslavl Oblast was instituted on February 27, 2001.

Yaroslavl. Instituted on August 31, 1778.

Borisoglebsk (the part of Romanov-Borisoglebsk). Instituted on August 31, 1778.

Breitovo

Danilov. Instituted on August 31, 1778.

The legend says, that during one of his trips on the north Peter I made a stop in Danilov Sloboda, visited wooden church here and was extremely not pleased its squalor and poverty. To please to the emperor, the local nobility on the parishioners taxes had laid the foundation of a new stone cathedral with a bell tower. After the construction of the cathedral the letter and the souvenir, silver chess made by Danilov skilled craftsmen, were sent to Peter I. The chess field in the blazon is a memory of this souvenir.

Lyubim. Instituted on August 31, 1778.

Myshkino. Instituted on August 31, 1778.

Pereslavl-Zalessky (old blazon). Instituted on August 16, 1781.

Pereslavl-Zalessky (new blazon). Instituted in 1957.

Petrovsk. Instituted on August 31, 1778.

Poshekhonie-Volodarsk. Instituted on August 31, 1778.

Tutaev (Romanov-Borisoglebsk). Instituted on August 31, 1778.

Rostov. Instituted on August 31, 1778.

Rybinsk. Instituted on August 31, 1778.

Uglich. Instituted on August 31, 1778. Description: "The image of killed czarevitch Dmitry Ioannovich in dark red field".