and you will come across people wearing dark blue or red sweatshirts emblazoned with that unmistakable Soviet emblem — hammer, sickle and star. You will also see plenty of traditional fur hats ...

The trident symbol replaces the Soviet hammer and sickle, which were removed from the monument earlier in the week. Photo: Roman Pilipey/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images ...

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev mentioned possible updating of the country's national emblem and proposed ... of eclecticism and signs of the Soviet era." "In case of general consent ...

The current coat-of-arms is a slightly revised version of the Soviet-style emblem from 1946 ... on in 2009 was to remove the Socialist red star, which was seen as an outdated ideological symbol.