Anan`jiv

For the first time it was mentioned in 1767 as a Cossacks settlement Anani. Since 1834 it was a chief town of a uyezd.

The emblem of the Russian period was confirmed on the 7th of November 1847. A shield per fess with or and azure. In the upper part there was Khersons'ka emblem, in the lower part one could see three storks each in its nest. Two storks were on the sides and one was between them in base.

B.Kene worked out a project of a new emblem of the town - in an azure field there were three argent storks with gules beaks. Two storks were nearby and one was between them in base. In the canton there was an emblem of Khersons'ka province. A shield is crowned with an argent mauerkrone with three embattlements and within two or spikes entwined with the ribbon of the Order of St.Alexander. The emblem was not approved.