Oksana Khudyakova (div.; née Petukhova) of the City of Moscow.

Adopted 2008.

Composed by me, hand-drawn by Michael Y. Medvedev and me.

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I’m not wild about it as a coat of arms. That said, it is fantastic as an illustration, the creativity and execution of which are exemplary.

Makes me wonder if there’s some Russian fairy tale behind the design?

Joseph McMillan;99360 wrote:

Makes me wonder if there’s some Russian fairy tale behind the design?

My take is that the cat is Mrs Khudyakova and the rooster is her ex-husband

The armiger was born in Gaz-Sale (small town in Yugra, North-Western Siberia): ‘Gaz’ here means ‘gas’. The gas is blue and its product - the fire itself - in Russian is often compared to rooster (I mean idiomatic ‘fire-rooster’ for ‘flame’). The armiger is nee Petukhova and Rus. ‘petukh’ = rooster.

"...there’s some Russian fairy tale…"

Absolutely, friend: this is the final scene of a fairy-tale about the Cat and the Rooster. The motto is a fragment from the Rooster’s song, cried by him while being grabbed and carried away by the Fox. The Cat saved the Rooster from the Fox.

Kenneth Mansfield;99359 wrote:

I’m not wild about it as a coat of arms. That said, it is fantastic as an illustration, the creativity and execution of which are exemplary.

I agree, Kenneth.

Quite nice, the Cat maybe look a bit more cuddly than is usual for Cats in Heraldry. But anyhow a striking and unique design.