Gorokhovets

File:Gorokhovets1.gif	GOROKHOVETS ГОРОХОВЕЦ Country: Russia Federal subject: Vladimir Oblast District (Rayon): Gorokhovets Rayon[[File:\|60 px\|right]] Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Russian	В золотом поле на зелёной земле - пять чёрных тычков (шестов) и на каждом из них - по вьющемуся зелёному стеблю гороха.	English	blazon wanted

The first arms were granted on August 16, 1781 and again on September 6, 1999.

The peas are a canting element, the name is derived from the word 'горох' (gorokh or peas). The upper half shows the lion of the Vladimir Oblast.

The arms can be used with or without the upper half.

The arms without the upper part

The arms as shown in 1984

Literature: Speransov, 1977; http://www.heraldik.ru; Gordeev, 1984

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