Coat of arms of Bryansk Oblast

Coat of arms of the Bryansk Oblast
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Armiger	Bryansk Oblast
Adopted	2004 (blazon) 1998 (law)
Crest	Hammer and sickle in saltire both Argent handled Or
Escutcheon	Azure, on a three-tiered spruce Or an inescutcheon of Bryansk and in base a pall also Or
Orders	Order of Lenin Partisan of the Patriotic War Medal
Other elements	Around the shield, two oak wreaths entwined by order ribbons

The coat of arms of the Bryansk Oblast (Russian: Герб Брянской области, Gerb Brjanskoj oblasti) was approved by the Bryansk Oblast Duma on November 5, 1998. According to the official description provided by the legislature of the oblast, the arms of the Bryansk Oblast "reflect the characteristic features of the area and its inhabitants: industry and patriotism.

The escutcheon of the Bryansk Oblast is an azure French shield, which represents Pan-Slavism. In the upper part of the shield is a three-tiered spruce, which stands for the forests of Bryansk. The tree itself is defaced by an inescutcheon with the arms of Bryansk, the oblast's capital. At the bottom of the escutcheon is an golden pall, whose three beams symbolise the unity of three East Slavic countries: Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Geographically, the Bryansk Oblast is located where all three states neighbour each other.

Around the escutcheon is an oak wreath, an ornament used by all governorates in the Russian Empire and most oblasts in the modern Russian Federation. It thus symbolizes Bryansk Oblast's status as a Russian federal subject. The wreath is entwined with ribbons belonging to two state decorations awarded to the oblast, dating from the Soviet era: the Order of Lenin and the Partisan of the Patriotic War Medal. Likewise, the arms' crest is the Soviet hammer and sickle: outside of its usual proletarian symbolism, it represents the fact that the oblast in its current state was formed in the USSR.