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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.

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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.

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