title: The Relevance of Modern Municipal Heraldy of the Cities of the Republic of Crimea
abstract: The article presents the results of a comprehensive sociological study aimed at studying the relevance of municipal heraldry in modern society. The sample covered 1807 respondents living in the cities of the Republic of Crimea. The assessment of the relevance of the symbolic images depicted on the heraldic books was carried out depending on the calculated relevance index. It is shown that the ratio of symbolic elements depicting natural and economic objects in the studied region is (53.9% to 46.
journal: Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya