on seals and other images in state emblems , imperial crowns appear above the double-headed eagle.amous memories that at this time they are very actively going to work as foreign ambassadors, to whom they come here in st. petersburg , titles say to call him an operator, and not, uh, salnikov . 1799 , the maltese cross suddenly appears on the russian coat of arms and the crown of emperor paul the first becomes the grand master of the order of malta. so malta could well have become part of russia if , as always, the british had not intervened. 1857 alexander ii the liberator reforms russian heraldry st. george, in accordance with european rules, began to look to the left on the wings, shields appeared with the emblems of kazan, poland, tauric chersonesos with the combined coat of arms of the grand principalities of kiev, vladimir novgorod, as well as with the coats of arms of astrakhan, siberia, georgia and finland , the state coat of arms of russia did not change anymore until the february revolution of 1917 , after the overthrow of nicholas ii, the eagle lost its crowns and other a