They were used by the Supreme Soviet as a reflection of the proletarian ideology they supposedly adhered to (although not so much in practice). Marx believed that the workers (represented by the tools they used - the hammer and sickle) would one day rise up and seize the means of production, and from this would gain control and create a worldwide single Communist state.
Its a Communist symbol, the sickle represents agricultural workers and the hammer represents industrial workers, they are combined to symbolize both fields working in unison.
the national symbol of Russia is a two headed eagle.
The hammer represents the workers and the sickle represents the peasant farmers of the country. Both workers and peasants together with disgruntled soldiers were responsible for the overthrow of the Tsar as well as the later overthrow of the Provisional Government by the Bolsheviks.
the unity of agricultural workers and industrial workers.
The Hammer and Sickle was the emblem of Soviet Russia.
The hammer and sickle symbolize the unity of the workers (hammer) and farmers (sickle) in the Soviet Union, representing the communist ideology of working together for a classless society. It was widely used on the flag and emblems of the Soviet Union and communist parties around the world.
A hammer and sickle
The sickle and hammer was the flag of the Soviet Union and the swastika the flag of Nazi Germany.
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The hammer and sickle symbol was created during the Russian Revolution in a contest held to create a Soviet emblem. The hammer and sickle signifies the socialist alliance of the industrial working class and the peasants. Yevgeny Ivanovich Kamzolkin won the contest with his entry:
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Hammer and Sickle - 2005 VG was released on: Russia: 29 April 2005 USA: 5 December 2005
The hammer and sickle represented the unification of the peasant serfs, workers and soldiers