Road signs in the Soviet Union

Road signs in the Soviet Union were regulated in the ГОСТ 10807-78 standard which was introduced on January 1, 1980.[1][2] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, this standard continued to apply in all countries that were formerly Soviet republics until some of them adopted their own standards for road signs. The shapes and colors of road signs in the Soviet Union, and now in all post-Soviet countries, fully comply with the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals.

Road signs in the Soviet Union were divided into 7 categories:

  1. Warning signs (Предупреждающие знаки)
  2. Priority signs (Знаки приоритета)
  3. Prohibitory signs (Запрещающие знаки)
  4. Mandatory signs (Предписывающие знаки)
  5. Information signs (Информационно-указательные знаки)
  6. Service signs (Знаки сервиса)
  7. Additional signs (Знаки дополнительной информации (таблички))

Below are images of road signs used in the Soviet Union before its dissolution in 1991. These galleries below do not include road signs that were included in the ГОСТ 10807-78 standard after 1991. The vast majority of road signs shown below are still used in post-Soviet countries such as Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan but with some modifications.

Warning signs

Priority signs

Prohibitory signs

Mandatory signs

Information signs

Service signs

Additional signs

References

See also

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