Symbols of the State
The signs of the state symbolics - or of the royal
power - were: “ 1. The Crown, 2. The Porphyry, 3. The Scepter, 4.The
Sward, 5. The Cathedral Soboro (or “The Throne”, or “The Seat”), 6. The
Beam of Life (The Guiding Cross), 7. The Flag, 8. The Coat of Arms, 9.
The Seal (125, pp.157-162), the flag and the seal being the most
important symbols of the state.
A symbol is a conditional or abstract form of
depicting scientific or religious knowledge and its concentrated
fixation with the help of stylized signs.