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[[File:Hammer and sickle.svg|thumb|The hammer and sickle symbol]]
[[File:Hammer and sickle.svg|thumb|The hammer and sickle symbol.]]

[[File:Hammer and Sickle and Star.svg|thumb|150px|The hammer and sickle symbol and [[red star]].]]


The '''hammer and sickle''' ([[Unicode]]: {{unichar|262D}}) is a [[Communist symbolism|communist symbol]] representing [[proletarian]] solidarity between [[Farmworker|agricultural]] and [[Industrial labor|industrial]] workers. It was first adopted during the [[Russian Revolution]] at the end of [[World War I]], the [[hammer]] representing workers and the [[sickle]] representing the peasants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Union-of-Soviet-Socialist-Republics|title=Flag of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|website=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]|language=en|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref>
The '''hammer and sickle''' ([[Unicode]]: {{unichar|262D}}) is a [[Communist symbolism|communist symbol]] representing [[proletarian]] solidarity between [[Farmworker|agricultural]] and [[Industrial labor|industrial]] workers. It was first adopted during the [[Russian Revolution]] at the end of [[World War I]], the [[hammer]] representing workers and the [[sickle]] representing the peasants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Union-of-Soviet-Socialist-Republics|title=Flag of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|website=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]|language=en|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref>


After [[World War I]] (from which Russia [[Decree on Peace|withdrew]] in 1917) and the [[Russian Civil War]], the hammer and sickle became more widely used as a symbol for labor within the [[Soviet Union]] and for [[international proletarian unity]]. It was taken up by many [[communist movements]] around the world, some with local variations. The hammer and sickle remains commonplace in self-declared socialist states, such as [[China]], [[Cuba]], [[North Korea]], [[Laos]], and [[Vietnam]], but also some [[former Soviet republics]] following the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], such as [[Belarus]] and [[Russia]]. Some countries have imposed [[bans on communist symbols]], where the display of hammer and sickle is prohibited.
After [[World War I]] (from which Russia [[Decree on Peace|withdrew]] in 1917) and the [[Russian Civil War]], the hammer and sickle became more widely used as a symbol for labor within the [[Soviet Union]] (USSR) and for [[international proletarian unity]]. It was taken up by many [[communist movements]] around the world, some with local variations. The hammer and sickle remains commonplace in self-declared socialist states, such as [[China]], [[Cuba]], [[North Korea]], [[Laos]], and [[Vietnam]], but also some [[former Soviet republics]] following the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], such as [[Belarus]] and [[Russia]]. Some countries have imposed [[bans on communist symbols]], where the display of hammer and sickle is prohibited.


== History ==
== History ==


=== Inception ===
=== Inception ===
In 1918, [[Yevgeny Ivanovich Kamzolkin]] proposed a 'hammer and sickle' symbol as a decoration for the [[May Day]] celebrations in the [[Zamoskvorechye District]] of [[Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artru.info/ar/7491/ |title=АртРу.инфо - Художники - Камзолкин Евгений Иванович |website=Artru.info |date=1957-03-18 |access-date=2017-01-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = International Gallery of Contemporary Artists |url=http://www.picture-russia.com/en/painter/582|date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816163416/http://www.picture-russia.com/en/painter/582|access-date= 2015-11-06|archive-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> It originally featured a sword, but Lenin strongly objected, disliking the militaristic connotations.<ref name="HS Role and Symbolism">{{cite web |last1=Wharton |first1=Christopher |title=The Hammer and Sickle: The Role of Symbolism and Rituals in the Russian Revolution |url=https://www.westminstercollege.edu/myriad/?parent=2514&detail=4475&content=4797 |website=The Myriad: Westminster's Interactive Academic Journal |access-date=1 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810032536/https://www.westminstercollege.edu/myriad/?parent=2514&detail=4475&content=4797 |archive-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Stites |first1=Richard |editor1-last=Acton |editor1-first=Edward |editor2-last=Cherniaev |editor2-first=Vladimir Iu. |editor3-last=Rosenberg |editor3-first=William G. |title=Critical companion to the Russian Revolution, 1914-1921 |date=1997 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-33333-9 |pages=568–569 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/criticalcompanio0000unse/page/568/mode/2up?q=sword |chapter=The Role of Ritual and Symbols}}</ref> On 6 July 1923, the 2nd session of the [[Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union|Central Executive Committee]] (CIK) adopted the emblem.<ref name="HS Role and Symbolism"/>{{Failed verification|date=September 2023}}
In 1918, [[Yevgeny Ivanovich Kamzolkin]] proposed a 'hammer and sickle' symbol as a decoration for the [[May Day]] celebrations in the [[Zamoskvorechye District]] of [[Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artru.info/ar/7491/ |title=АртРу.инфо - Художники - Камзолкин Евгений Иванович |website=Artru.info |date=1957-03-18 |access-date=2017-01-02 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205221/http://artru.info/ar/7491/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = International Gallery of Contemporary Artists |url=http://www.picture-russia.com/en/painter/582|date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816163416/http://www.picture-russia.com/en/painter/582|access-date= 2015-11-06|archive-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> It originally featured a sword, but Lenin strongly objected, disliking the militaristic connotations.<ref name="HS Role and Symbolism">{{cite web |last1=Wharton |first1=Christopher |title=The Hammer and Sickle: The Role of Symbolism and Rituals in the Russian Revolution |url=https://www.westminstercollege.edu/myriad/?parent=2514&detail=4475&content=4797 |website=The Myriad: Westminster's Interactive Academic Journal |access-date=1 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810032536/https://www.westminstercollege.edu/myriad/?parent=2514&detail=4475&content=4797 |archive-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Stites |first1=Richard |editor1-last=Acton |editor1-first=Edward |editor2-last=Cherniaev |editor2-first=Vladimir Iu. |editor3-last=Rosenberg |editor3-first=William G. |title=Critical companion to the Russian Revolution, 1914-1921 |date=1997 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-33333-9 |pages=568–569 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/criticalcompanio0000unse/page/568/mode/2up?q=sword |chapter=The Role of Ritual and Symbols}}</ref> On 6 July 1923, the 2nd session of the [[Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union|Central Executive Committee]] (CIK) adopted the emblem.<ref name="HS Role and Symbolism"/>{{Failed verification|date=September 2023}}


In his work, ''Daily Life in a Crumbling Empire: The Absorption of Russia into the World Economy'', sociologist David Lempert hypothesizes that the hammer and sickle was a secular replacement for the [[patriarchal cross]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lempert |first=David |title=Daily Life in a Crumbling Empire: The Absorption of Russia into the World Economy |date=1996 |publisher=Columbia University Press/ Eastern European Monographs |isbn=0-880-33341-3}}</ref><ref name="Crangan">{{cite news |last1=Crangan |first1=Costel |trans-title=Where does the symbol "sickle and hammer" come from? Which country used it first and in which states it is forbidden |title=De unde vine simbolul "secera şi ciocanul". Ce ţară l-a folosit prima şi în ce state este interzis |url=https://adevarul.ro/locale/galati/de-vine-simbolul-secera-ciocanul-tara-l-a-folosit-state-interzis-1_5b891e14df52022f75fe1d8f/index.html |publisher=Adevarul Holding |date=2018-09-01 |language=ro}}</ref>
In his work, ''Daily Life in a Crumbling Empire: The Absorption of Russia into the World Economy'', sociologist David Lempert hypothesizes that the hammer and sickle was a secular replacement for the [[patriarchal cross]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lempert |first=David |title=Daily Life in a Crumbling Empire: The Absorption of Russia into the World Economy |date=1996 |publisher=Columbia University Press/ Eastern European Monographs |isbn=0-880-33341-3}}</ref><ref name="Crangan">{{cite news |last1=Crangan |first1=Costel |trans-title=Where does the symbol "sickle and hammer" come from? Which country used it first and in which states it is forbidden |title=De unde vine simbolul "secera şi ciocanul". Ce ţară l-a folosit prima şi în ce state este interzis |url=https://adevarul.ro/locale/galati/de-vine-simbolul-secera-ciocanul-tara-l-a-folosit-state-interzis-1_5b891e14df52022f75fe1d8f/index.html |publisher=Adevarul Holding |date=2018-09-01 |language=ro}}</ref>
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== Current usage ==
== Current usage ==
=== Post-Soviet states ===
=== Post-Soviet states ===
Two federal subjects of the post-Soviet Russian Federation use the hammer and sickle in their symbols: the [[Vladimir Oblast]] has them on its flag and the [[Bryansk Oblast]] has them on its flag and coat of arms, which is also the central element of its flag. In addition, the Russian city of [[Oryol]] also uses the hammer and sickle on its flag.{{fact|date=January 2022}}
Two federal subjects of the post-Soviet Russian Federation use the hammer and sickle in their symbols: the [[Vladimir Oblast]] has them on its flag and the [[Bryansk Oblast]] has them on its flag and coat of arms, which is also the central element of its flag. In addition, the Russian city of [[Oryol]] also uses the hammer and sickle on its flag.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}


The former Soviet (now Russian) national airline, [[Aeroflot]], continues to use the hammer and sickle in its symbol.<ref>{{cite web | title = Aeroflot Logo To Keep Hammer And Sickle | url = https://aviationweek.com/aeroflot-logo-keep-hammer-sickle| website = aviationweek.com| date = April 18, 2003| access-date = September 16, 2022}}</ref>
The former Soviet (now Russian) national airline, [[Aeroflot]], continues to use the hammer and sickle in its symbol.<ref>{{cite web | title = Aeroflot Logo To Keep Hammer And Sickle | url = https://aviationweek.com/aeroflot-logo-keep-hammer-sickle| website = aviationweek.com| date = April 18, 2003| access-date = September 16, 2022}}</ref>


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The ''de facto'' government of [[Transnistria]] uses (with minor modifications) the flag and the emblem of the former [[Moldavian SSR]], which includes the hammer and sickle. The flag can also appear without the hammer and sickle in some circumstances, for example on Transnistrian-issued [[Vehicle registration plate|license plates]].{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
Many commercially available [[ushanka]] hats, especially those marketed as "Russian hats", bear a Soviet-style hammer and sickle emblem.{{fact|date=January 2022}}

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The ''de facto'' government of [[Transnistria]] uses (with minor modifications) the flag and the emblem of the former [[Moldavian SSR]], which includes the hammer and sickle. The flag can also appear without the hammer and sickle in some circumstances, for example on Transnistrian-issued [[Vehicle registration plate|license plates]].{{fact|date=January 2022}}


=== Communist parties ===
=== Communist parties ===
Three out of the five currently ruling Communist parties use a hammer and sickle as the party symbol: the [[Chinese Communist Party]], the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] and the [[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]]. In Laos and Vietnam, the hammer and sickle party flags can often be seen flying side by side with their respective national flags.{{fact|date=January 2022}}
Three out of the five currently ruling Communist parties use a hammer and sickle as the party symbol: the [[Chinese Communist Party]], the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] and the [[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]]. In Laos and Vietnam, the hammer and sickle party flags can often be seen flying side by side with their respective national flags.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}


Many communist parties around the world also use it, including the [[Communist Party of Greece]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kke.gr/|title=KKE - Αρχική|work=kke.gr}}</ref> the [[Communist Party of Chile]], both the [[Communist Party of Brazil]] and the [[Brazilian Communist Party]], the [[Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party]] from Bangladesh, the [[Communist Party of Sri Lanka]], the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]], the [[Communist Party of India]], the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]], the Indian [[Communist Marxist Party]], the [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]], the [[Egyptian Communist Party]], the [[Communist Party of Pakistan]], the [[Communist Refoundation Party]] in Italy, the [[Communist Party of Spain (main)|Communist Party of Spain]], the [[Communist Party of Denmark]], the [[Communist Party of Norway]], the [[Romanian Communist Party]], the [[Lebanese Communist Party]], the [[Communist Party of the Philippines]] and the [[Shining Path]]. The [[Communist Party (Sweden)|Communist Party of Sweden]], the [[Portuguese Communist Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcp.pt/estatutos-do-pcp#cap_13|title=Estatutos do PCP, art. 72|work=pcp.pt/estatutos-do-pcp}}</ref> and the [[Mexican Communist Party]] use the hammer and sickle imposed on the red star.
Many communist parties around the world also use it, including the [[Communist Party of Greece]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kke.gr/|title=KKE - Αρχική|work=kke.gr}}</ref> the [[Communist Party of Chile]], both the [[Communist Party of Brazil]] and the [[Brazilian Communist Party]], the [[Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party]] from Bangladesh, the [[Communist Party of Sri Lanka]], the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]], the [[Communist Party of India]], the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]], the Indian [[Communist Marxist Party]], the [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]], the [[Egyptian Communist Party]], the [[Communist Party of Pakistan]], the [[Communist Refoundation Party]] in Italy, the [[Communist Party of Spain (main)|Communist Party of Spain]], the [[Communist Party of Denmark]], the [[Communist Party of Norway]], the [[Romanian Communist Party]], the [[Lebanese Communist Party]], the [[Communist Party of the Philippines]] and the [[Shining Path]]. The [[Communist Party (Sweden)|Communist Party of Sweden]], the [[Portuguese Communist Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcp.pt/estatutos-do-pcp#cap_13|title=Estatutos do PCP, art. 72|work=pcp.pt/estatutos-do-pcp|date=17 March 2010 }}</ref> and the [[Mexican Communist Party]] use the hammer and sickle imposed on the red star.


== Variations ==
== Variations ==
Many symbols having similar structures and messages to the original have been designed. For example, the [[flag of Angola|Angolan flag]] shows a segment of a [[gear|cog]], crossed by a [[machete]] and crowned with a [[red star|socialist star]] while the [[flag of Mozambique]] features an [[AK-47]] crossed by a [[hoe (tool)|hoe]]. In the logo of the [[Communist Party USA]], a circle is formed by a half cog and a [[Semicircle|semicircular]] sickle-blade. A hammer is laid directly over the sickle's handle with the hammer's [[Hammer#Designs and variations|head]] at the logo's center. The logo of the [[Communist Party of Turkey (modern)|Communist Party of Turkey]] consists of half a cog wheel crossed by a hammer, with a star on the top.{{fact|date=January 2022}}
Many symbols having similar structures and messages to the original have been designed. For example, the [[flag of Angola|Angolan flag]] shows a segment of a [[gear|cog]], crossed by a [[machete]] and crowned with a [[red star|socialist star]] while the [[flag of Mozambique]] features an [[AKM]] crossed by a [[hoe (tool)|hoe]]. In the logo of the [[Communist Party USA]], a circle is formed by a half cog and a [[Semicircle|semicircular]] sickle-blade. A hammer is laid directly over the sickle's handle with the hammer's [[Hammer#Designs and variations|head]] at the logo's center. The logo of the [[Communist Party of Turkey (modern)|Communist Party of Turkey]] consists of half a cog wheel crossed by a hammer, with a star on the top.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}


Tools represented in other designs include: the [[Ink brush|brush]], sickle and hammer of the [[Workers' Party of Korea]]; the [[spade]], [[torch|flaming torch]] and [[quill]] used prior to 1984 by the British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]; the [[pickaxe]] and [[rifle]] used in [[Socialist People's Republic of Albania|communist Albania]]; and the hammer and [[Compass (drafting)|compasses]] of the [[East Germany|East German]] emblem and flag. The [[Far Eastern Republic]] of Russia used an [[anchor]] crossed over a spade or pickaxe, symbolising the union of the fishermen and miners. The [[Fourth International]], founded by [[Leon Trotsky]], uses a hammer and sickle symbol on which the number 4 is superimposed. The hammer and sickle in the Fourth International symbol are the opposite of other hammer and sickle symbols in that the head of the hammer is on the right side and the sickle end tip on the left. The [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] [[League for the Fifth International]] merges a hammer with the number 5, using the number's lower arch to form the sickle. A sickle with a rifle is also used by the [[People's Mojahedin of Iran]].{{fact|date=January 2022}}
Tools represented in other designs include: the [[Ink brush|brush]], sickle and hammer of the [[Workers' Party of Korea]]; the [[spade]], [[torch|flaming torch]] and [[quill]] used prior to 1984 by the British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]; the [[pickaxe]] and [[rifle]] used in [[Socialist People's Republic of Albania|communist Albania]]; and the hammer and [[Compass (drafting)|compasses]] of the [[East Germany|East German]] emblem and flag. The [[Far Eastern Republic]] of Russia used an [[anchor]] crossed over a spade or pickaxe, symbolising the union of the fishermen and miners. The [[Fourth International]], founded by [[Leon Trotsky]], uses a hammer and sickle symbol on which the number 4 is superimposed. The hammer and sickle in the Fourth International symbol are the opposite of other hammer and sickle symbols in that the head of the hammer is on the right side and the sickle end tip on the left. The [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] [[League for the Fifth International]] merges a hammer with the number 5, using the number's lower arch to form the sickle. A sickle with a rifle is also used by the [[People's Mojahedin of Iran]].{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}


The [[Communist Party of Britain]] uses the hammer and [[Peace symbol#The dove and olive branch|dove symbol]]. Designed in 1988 by Michal Boncza, it is intended to highlight the party's connection to the peace movement. It is usually used in conjunction with the hammer and sickle and it appears on all of the CPB's publications. Some members of the CPB prefer one symbol over the other, although the party's 1994 congress reaffirmed the hammer and dove's position as the official emblem of the party. Similarly, the [[Communist Party of Israel]] uses a dove over the hammer and sickle as its symbol. The flag of the [[Guadeloupe Communist Party]] uses a sickle, turned to look like a [[capital letters|majuscule G]], to represent [[Guadeloupe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://flagspot.net/flags/gp%7Dpcg.html|title=Parti Communiste Guadeloupéen|work=flagspot.net}}</ref>
The [[Communist Party of Britain]] uses the hammer and [[Peace symbol#The dove and olive branch|dove symbol]]. Designed in 1988 by Michal Boncza, it is intended to highlight the party's connection to the peace movement. It is usually used in conjunction with the hammer and sickle and it appears on all of the CPB's publications. Some members of the CPB prefer one symbol over the other, although the party's 1994 congress reaffirmed the hammer and dove's position as the official emblem of the party. Similarly, the [[Communist Party of Israel]] uses a dove over the hammer and sickle as its symbol. The flag of the [[Guadeloupe Communist Party]] uses a sickle, turned to look like a [[capital letters|majuscule G]], to represent [[Guadeloupe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://flagspot.net/flags/gp%7Dpcg.html|title=Parti Communiste Guadeloupéen|work=flagspot.net}}</ref>



In 1938, the [[Dobama Asiayone]], an anti-British nationalist group in the then [[British Burma]], adopted a tricolour flag charged with red sickle and hammer.<ref>{{cite book |author=Khin Yi|date=1988 |title=The Dobama Movement in Burma (1930-1938)|url=https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780877271185/the-dobama-movement-in-burma-19301938/#bookTabs=1|publisher=Cornell University Press|page=39|isbn=}}</ref> From 1974&ndash;2010, the [[Flag of Myanmar#1974 flag|flag of Burma (Myanmar)]] featured a bushel of [[rice]] superimposed on a [[cogwheel]] surrounded by fourteen white stars; the rice representing the peasants and the cogwheel representing the workers, the combination symbolizing that the peasants and workers be the two basic social classes for State building, while the fourteen equal-sized white stars indicate the unity and equality of fourteen [[Administrative divisions of Myanmar|member states]] of the Union.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2006 |title=မြန်မာဖတ်စာ ဒုတိယတန်း (Grade-3)|trans-title=Myanmar Textbook for Second Standard (Grade-3)|url=http://www.myanmarbookshop.com/MyanmarBooks/BookDetails/7116|language=my|publisher=Ministry of Education, Government of the Union of Myanmar|page=1|isbn=}}</ref>
In 1938, the [[Dobama Asiayone]], an anti-British nationalist group in the then [[British Burma]], adopted a tricolour flag charged with red sickle and hammer.<ref>{{cite book |author=Khin Yi|date=1988 |title=The Dobama Movement in Burma (1930-1938)|url=https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780877271185/the-dobama-movement-in-burma-19301938/#bookTabs=1|publisher=Cornell University Press|page=39|isbn=}}</ref> From 1974&ndash;2010, the [[Flag of Myanmar#1974 flag|flag of Burma (Myanmar)]] featured a bushel of [[rice]] superimposed on a [[cogwheel]] surrounded by fourteen white stars; the rice representing the peasants and the cogwheel representing the workers, the combination symbolizing that the peasants and workers be the two basic social classes for State building, while the fourteen equal-sized white stars indicate the unity and equality of fourteen [[Administrative divisions of Myanmar|member states]] of the Union.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2006 |title=မြန်မာဖတ်စာ ဒုတိယတန်း (Grade-3)|trans-title=Myanmar Textbook for Second Standard (Grade-3)|url=http://www.myanmarbookshop.com/MyanmarBooks/BookDetails/7116|language=my|publisher=Ministry of Education, Government of the Union of Myanmar|page=1|isbn=}}</ref>


The flag of [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi]] (CCM, Party of the Revolution in [[Swahili language|Swahili]]), currently the ruling political party of [[Tanzania]], has a slightly different symbol with a hammer and a [[Hoe (tool)|hoe]] (''jembe'') instead of a sickle to represent the most common farm tool in Africa.{{fact|date=January 2022}}
The flag of [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi]] (CCM, Party of the Revolution in [[Swahili language|Swahili]]), currently the ruling political party of [[Tanzania]], has a slightly different symbol with a hammer and a [[Hoe (tool)|hoe]] (''jembe'') instead of a sickle to represent the most common farm tool in Africa.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}


The symbols of the [[liberal socialist]] parties of [[Radical Civic Union]] in [[Argentina]] and the [[Czech National Social Party]] in the Czech Republic features a hammer and a quill with the former representing workers and the latter representing clerks.{{fact|date=January 2022}}
The symbols of the [[liberal socialist]] parties of [[Radical Civic Union]] in [[Argentina]] and the [[Czech National Social Party]] in the Czech Republic features a hammer and a quill with the former representing workers and the latter representing clerks.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}


The election symbol of [[Communist Party of India]] consists of a horizontal sickle, vertically crossed by [[Ear (botany)|Ears of Corn]] in the center.
The election symbol of [[Communist Party of India]] consists of a horizontal sickle, vertically crossed by [[Ear (botany)|Ears of Corn]] in the center.
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== Usage ==
== Usage ==
=== Flags ===
=== Flags ===
==== Europe ====
==== Europe and Russia/Soviet Union ====
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File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1922–1923).svg|[[Flag of the Soviet Union]] from 1922 to 1923
File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1922–1923).svg|[[Flag of the Soviet Union]] from 1922 to 1923
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File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936–1955).svg|alt=|Flag of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1955
File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936–1955).svg|alt=|Flag of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1955
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|Flag of the Soviet Union from 19 August 1955 to 26 December 1991
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|Flag of the Soviet Union from 19 August 1955 to 26 December 1991
File:USSR, Jack and fortress flag of naval fortresses 1964.svg|[[List_of_Soviet_navy_flags#Jack|Naval Jack of the Soviet Union]] and [[Russia]] from 16 November 1950 to 26 July 1992
File:USSR, Jack and fortress flag of naval fortresses 1964.svg|[[List of Soviet navy flags#Jack|Naval Jack of the Soviet Union]] and [[Russia]] from 16 November 1950 to 26 July 1992
File:Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union (1950–1991).svg|[[List_of_Soviet_navy_flags#Ensign_and_flag|Naval ensign of the Soviet Union]] and Russia from 16 November 1950 to 26 July 1992
File:Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union (1950–1991).svg|[[List of Soviet navy flags#Ensign and flag|Naval ensign of the Soviet Union]] and Russia from 16 November 1950 to 26 July 1992
File:Flag of the Aeroflot.svg|Flag of [[Aeroflot]] from 1961 to 1991
File:Flag of the Aeroflot.svg|Flag of [[Aeroflot]] from 1961 to 1991
File:Flag_of_East_Germany.svg|Flag of [[East Germany]] from 1959 to 1990
File:Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1954–1991).svg|Flag of the [[Russian SFSR]] from 1954 to 1991
File:Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Ukrainian SSR]] from 1950 to 1992
File:Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951–1991).svg|Flag of the [[Byelorussian SSR]] from 1951 to 1991
File:Flag of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1991).svg|Flag of the [[Uzbek SSR]] from 1952 to 1991
File:Flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Kazakh SSR]] from 1953 to 1992
File:Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951–1990).svg|Flag of the [[Georgian SSR]] from 1951 to 1990
File:Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956–1991).svg|Flag of the [[Azerbaijani SSR]] from 1956 to 1991
File:Flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1988).svg|Flag of the [[Lithuanian SSR]] from 1953 to 1988
File:Flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1990).svg|Flag of the [[Moldavian SSR]] from 1952 to 1990
File:Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1990).svg|Flag of the [[Latvian SSR]] from 1953 to 1990
File:Flag of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Kirghiz SSR]] from 1952 to 1992
File:Flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Tajik SSR]] from 1953 to 1991
File:Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1990).svg|Flag of the [[Armenian SSR]] from 1952 to 1990
File:Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Turkmen SSR]] from 1953 to 1992
File:Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1990).svg|Flag of the [[Estonian SSR]] from 1953 to 1990
File:Flag of the Karelo-Finnish SSR.svg|Flag of the [[Karelo-Finnish SSR]] from 1953 to 1956
File:Flag of the Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic]]
File:Flag of the Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic]]
File:Flag of PCR.svg|Flag of the [[Romanian Communist Party]]
File:Flag of PCR.svg|Flag of the [[Romanian Communist Party]]
File:KPRF Flag.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]]
File:KPRF Flag.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]]
File:Flag of Bryansk Oblast.svg|Flag of [[Bryansk Oblast]] (Russia)
File:Flag of Communists of Russia.svg|Flag of the [[Communists of Russia]]
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File:Flag of Bryansk Oblast.svg|Flag of [[Bryansk Oblast]] ([[Russia]])
File:Flag of Vladimirskaya Oblast.svg|Flag of [[Vladimir Oblast]] (Russia)
File:Flag of Vladimirskaya Oblast.svg|Flag of [[Vladimir Oblast]] (Russia)
File:Flag of Oryol.svg|Flag of [[Oryol]] (Russia)
File:Flag of Oryol.svg|Flag of [[Oryol]] (Russia)
File:Flag of Transnistria (state).svg|Flag of [[Transnistria]] (Moldava)
File:Flag of Transnistria (state).svg|Flag of [[Transnistria]] (Moldova)
File:National Bolshevik Party flag.svg|Flag of the National Bolshevik Party
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File:Flag of the KSC.svg|Flag of [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]]
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File:Flag of the Communist Party of Germany.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Germany]]
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File:Flag of the Communist Party of Germany (reverse).svg|Reverse side of the Communist Party of Germany flag
File:Flag of East Germany.svg|Flag of [[East Germany]] from 1959 to 1990
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File:KKE Flag.png|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Greece]]
File:Partito Comunista Italiano.png|Flag of the [[Italian Communist Party]]
File:Partito Comunista Italiano.png|Flag of the [[Italian Communist Party]]
File:Communist refoundation party flag.png|Flag of the [[Communist Refoundation Party]] ([[Italy]])
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File:Flag of the Communist Party of Ireland.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Ireland]]
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File:Flag of the Portuguese Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Portuguese Communist Party]]
File:Sammarinese Communist Party flag, 1950s.svg|Flag of the [[Sammarinese Communist Party]]
File:Sammarinese Communist Party flag, 1950s.svg|Flag of the [[Sammarinese Communist Party]]
File:Dhkp.svg|The flag of the [[Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front]] ([[Turkey]])
File:MKP-FLAG.svg|Flag of the [[Maoist Communist Party (Turkey)]]
File:Flag of the Portuguese Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Portuguese Communist Party]]
File:Dhkp.svg|Flag of the [[Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front]] ([[Turkey]])
File:Flag of the KSC.svg|Flag of [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]]
File:Flag of Communist Party of Britain.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Britain]]
File:League of Communists of Yugoslavia Flag.svg|Flag of [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]]
File:Flag of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist).svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist)]]
File:League of Communists of Yugoslavia Flag.svg|Flag of the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


==== Asia ====
==== Asia minus Russia/Soviet Union ====
<gallery class="center">
<gallery class="center">
File:Flag of the Communist Party of Vietnam.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Vietnamese Communist Party]]
File:Flag of the Communist Party of Vietnam.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Vietnamese Communist Party]]
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File:Flag of the Taiwan Democratic Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Taiwan Democratic Communist Party]]
File:Flag of the Taiwan Democratic Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Taiwan Democratic Communist Party]]
File:National Flag of Chinese Soviet Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Chinese Soviet Republic]] (1931–1937)
File:National Flag of Chinese Soviet Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Chinese Soviet Republic]] (1931–1937)
File:Flag of the Workers' Party of Korea.svg|Flag of [[Workers' Party of Korea]]
File:Flag of the Workers' Party of Korea.svg|Flag of the [[Workers' Party of Korea]]
File:CPI-banner.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of India]]
File:CPI-banner.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of India]]
File:CPI-M-flag.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
File:CPI-M-flag.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
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File:Bandeira do Partido Socialista de Timor.png|Flag of the [[Socialist Party of Timor]]
File:Bandeira do Partido Socialista de Timor.png|Flag of the [[Socialist Party of Timor]]
File:Flag of the Communist Party of the Philippines (alternative II).svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of the Philippines]]
File:Flag of the Communist Party of the Philippines (alternative II).svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of the Philippines]]
File:Flag of LPRP.svg|Flag of [[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]]
File:Flag of LPRP.svg|Flag of the [[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]]
File:Banner of the Communist Party of Kampuchea.svg|Flag of [[Communist Party of Kampuchea]]
File:Banner of the Communist Party of Kampuchea.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Kampuchea]]
File:Flag of the Communist Party of Malaya.svg|Flag of the [[Malayan Communist Party]] (1930-1989)
File:Flag of the Communist Party of Malaya.svg|Flag of the [[Malayan Communist Party]] (1930–1989)
File:Flag of the Lebanese Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Lebanese Communist Party]]
File:Flag of the Lebanese Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Lebanese Communist Party]]
File:Flag of the Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash).svg|Flag of the [[Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash)]]
File:Flag of the Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash).svg|Flag of the [[Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash)]]
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File:Flag of Algerian Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Algerian Communist Party]]
File:Flag of Algerian Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Algerian Communist Party]]
File:Flag of Angola.svg |[[Flag of Angola]]
File:Flag of Angola.svg |[[Flag of Angola]]
File:Flag_of_FRELIMO_(1997–2004).svg|Flag of [[FRELIMO]] (1987-2004)
File:Flag_of_FRELIMO_(1997–2004).svg|Flag of [[FRELIMO]] (1987–2004)
File:Flag_of_the_People's_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg|Flag of the [[People's Republic of the Congo]] and the [[Congolese Party of Labour]]
File:Flag_of_the_People's_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg|Flag of the [[People's Republic of the Congo]] and the [[Congolese Party of Labour]]
File:Workers' Party of Ethiopia flag (variant).png|Flag of the [[Workers' Party of Ethiopia]]
File:Communist_Party_of_Kenya_Flag.png|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Kenya]]
File:Communist_Party_of_Kenya_Flag.png|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Kenya]]
File:Flag_of_the_South_African_Communist_Party.svg|Flag of the [[South African Communist Party]]
File:Flag_of_the_South_African_Communist_Party.svg|Flag of the [[South African Communist Party]]
File:Workers-Party-of-Ethiopia-flag.png|Flag of the [[Workers' Party of Ethiopia]]
File:Communist Party of Swaziland flag.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Swaziland]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


==== Americas ====
==== Americas ====
<gallery class="center">
<gallery class="center">
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File:Flag of Sendero Luminoso.svg|Flag of [[Shining Path]]
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File:PCdoB flag.svg|Flag of [[Communist Party of Brazil|PCdoB]]
File:BANDERA PCCE.png|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress)|PCCE]]
File:BANDERA PCCE.png|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress)|PCCE]]
File:Communist_Party_USA_Flag.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party USA]]
File:PCdoB flag.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Brazil|PCdoB]]
File:American Party of Labor flag.svg|Flag of the American Party of Labor
File:Logomarca do Partido da Causa Operária, do Brasil.png|Flag of the [[Workers' Cause Party]] ([[Brazil]])
File:Flag of the Communist Party of Chile.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Chile]]
File:Partido comunista-ec.png|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Ecuador]]
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File:Flag of Sendero Luminoso.svg|Flag of the [[Shining Path]] ([[Peru]])
File:Communist Party USA Flag.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party USA]]
File:Pcrcolor 0.svg|Flag of the [[Revolutionary Communist Party (Argentina)|Revolutionary Communist Party]] ([[Argentina]])
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File:State Emblem of the Soviet Union.svg|[[State Emblem of the Soviet Union|State emblem]] of the [[Soviet Union|Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]
File:State Emblem of the Soviet Union.svg|[[State Emblem of the Soviet Union|State emblem]] of the [[Soviet Union|Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]
File:Emblem of the Russian SFSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Russia Soviet Socialist Republic|Emblem]] of the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of the Russian SFSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Russia Soviet Socialist Republic|Emblem]] of the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]]
File:Coat of arms of East Germany.svg|[[National emblem of East Germany|National emblem]] of the [[German Democratic Republic]] (1955–1990}
File:Coat of arms of the Russian Federation (1992-1993).svg|[[Coat of arms of Russia|Emblem]] of the [[Russian Federation]] (1992‒1993)
File:Coat of arms of the Russian Federation (1992-1993).svg|[[Coat of arms of Russia|Emblem]] of the [[Russian Federation]] (1992‒1993)
File:Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
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==== Other ====
==== Other ====
<gallery class="center">
<gallery class="center">
File:Emblem_of_the_Tuvan_People%27s_Republic_(1943-1944).svg|[[Coat of arms of the Tuva Republic|State emblem]] of the [[Tuvan People's Republic]] (1943‒1944)
File:Coat of arms of East Germany (1955–1990).svg|[[National emblem of East Germany|National emblem]] of the [[German Democratic Republic]] (1955–1990)
File:Emblem of the Tuvan People's Republic (1943-1944).svg|[[Coat of arms of the Tuva Republic|State emblem]] of the [[Tuvan People's Republic]] (1943‒1944)
File:Coat of arms of Transnistria.svg|[[Coat of Arms of Transnistria|Emblem]] of the self-proclaimed [[Transnistria|Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic]]
File:Coat of arms of Transnistria.svg|[[Coat of Arms of Transnistria|Emblem]] of the self-proclaimed [[Transnistria|Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic]]
File:Emblem of Laos 1975-1991.svg|[[Emblem of Laos|State emblem]] of the [[Laos|Lao People's Democratic Republic]] (1975‒1991)
File:Emblem of Laos 1975-1991.svg|[[Emblem of Laos|State emblem]] of the [[Laos|Lao People's Democratic Republic]] (1975‒1991)
File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_People's_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg|Emblem of the [[People's Republic of the Congo]] (1970–1991)
File:Coat of arms of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg|Emblem of the [[People's Republic of the Congo]] (1970–1991)
File:National Emblem of the Chinese Soviet Republic.svg|[[National Emblem of the People's Republic of China#Historical emblems|State emblem]] of the [[Chinese Soviet Republic]] (1934–1937)
File:National Emblem of the Chinese Soviet Republic.svg|[[National Emblem of the People's Republic of China#Historical emblems|State emblem]] of the [[Chinese Soviet Republic]] (1934–1937)
File:Coa Hungary Country History (1949-1956).svg|Emblem of [[Hungarian People's Republic]] (1949-1956)
File:Coa Hungary Country History (1949-1956).svg|Emblem of [[Hungarian People's Republic]] (1949–1956)
File:Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg|Emblem of [[Moscow]] (1924-1937)
File:Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg|Emblem of [[Moscow]] (1924–1937)
File:Emblem of Angola.svg|[[Emblem of Angola]]
File:Emblem of Angola.svg|[[Emblem of Angola]]
File:Coat of Arms of Bryansk Oblast.svg|[[Coat of arms of Bryansk Oblast]], Russia
File:Coat of Arms of Bryansk Oblast.svg|[[Coat of arms of Bryansk Oblast]], Russia
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File:Hammer und Ähre.svg|Hammer and grain of the [[Hungarian People's Republic]]
File:Hammer und Ähre.svg|Hammer and grain of the [[Hungarian People's Republic]]
File:Emblem of the SKJ.svg|Emblem of the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]]
File:Emblem of the SKJ.svg|Emblem of the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]]
File:KPRF_Logo.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]]
File:KPRF Logo.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]]
File:Logo of the Communist Party of Greece.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Greece]]
File:Logo of the Communist Party of Greece.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Greece]]
File:Logo Partito Comunista Italiano.svg|Logo of the [[Italian Communist Party]]
File:Logo Partito Comunista Italiano.svg|Logo of the [[Italian Communist Party]]
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File:Portuguese Communist Party logo.svg|Logo of the [[Portuguese Communist Party]]
File:Portuguese Communist Party logo.svg|Logo of the [[Portuguese Communist Party]]
File:Communist Party of Ireland.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Ireland]]
File:Communist Party of Ireland.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Ireland]]
File:Logo du Parti communiste français.png|Logo of the [[French Communist Party]] (1980‒1996)
File:Logo of the Communist Party of Britain.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Britain]]
File:Logo of the Communist Party of Britain.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Britain]]
File:CPGB hi res.png|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee)]]
File:CPGB hi res.png|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee)]]
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File:Kp logo.jpg|Logo of the [[Communist Party (Denmark)]]
File:Kp logo.jpg|Logo of the [[Communist Party (Denmark)]]
File:KPD-logo.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Germany]]
File:KPD-logo.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Germany]]
File:Partito_Comunista_(Svizzera).tif|Logo of the [[Communist Party (Switzerland)]]
File:Partito Comunista (Svizzera).tif|Logo of the [[Communist Party (Switzerland)]]
File:Logo - Nieuwe Communistische Partij van Nederland (2022).svg|Logo of the [[New Communist Party of the Netherlands]]
File:Logo - Nieuwe Communistische Partij van Nederland (2022).svg|Logo of the [[New Communist Party of the Netherlands]]
File:PCB-CPB logo.jpg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Belgium (1989)]]
File:PCB-CPB logo.jpg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Belgium (1989)]]
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File:TDKP Logo.svg|Logo of the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey]]
File:TDKP Logo.svg|Logo of the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey]]
File:Aeroflot.svg|Logo of [[Aeroflot]]
File:Aeroflot.svg|Logo of [[Aeroflot]]
File:Communist_Party_of_Ireland_(Marxist-Leninist)_Emblem.png|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist)]]
File:Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) Emblem.png|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist)]]
File:Group_of_Social_Revolutionary_Nationalists.svg|Symbol of the [[Karl Otto Paetel|Group of Social Revolutionary Nationalists]]
File:Group of Social Revolutionary Nationalists.svg|Symbol of the [[Karl Otto Paetel|Group of Social Revolutionary Nationalists]]
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File:LogoKPT.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Tajikistan]]
File:LogoKPT.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Tajikistan]]
File:Socialist Party of Bangladesh Official Logo.png|Logo of the [[Socialist Party of Bangladesh]]
File:Socialist Party of Bangladesh Official Logo.png|Logo of the [[Socialist Party of Bangladesh]]
File:CPN-UML.svg|Logo of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (1991-2018)
File:CPN-UML.svg|Logo of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (1991–2018)
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File:Emblem of Vietnam Communist Party.svg|Alternative emblem of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]].
File:Communist Party of Vietnam flag logo.svg|Emblem of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]]
File:Communist Party of Vietnam flag logo.svg|Emblem of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]]
File:Emblem of Vietnam Communist Party.svg|Alternative emblem of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]]
File:MSS globe logo.png|Logo of the [[Ministry of State Security (China)|Ministry of State Security]]
File:MSS globe logo.png|Logo of the [[Ministry of State Security (China)|Ministry of State Security]]
File:Danghui (pre-1996).svg|[[Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party]] (1942–1996)
File:Danghui (pre-1996).svg|[[Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party]] (1942–1996)
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==== Africa ====
==== Africa ====
<gallery class="center" classes="center">
<gallery class="center" classes="center">
File:Machete and Gear.svg|Cogwheel, machete and star logo of [[Angola]]
File:Cog and Machete.svg|Cogwheel, machete and star logo of [[Angola]]
File:PCBeninlogo.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Benin]]
File:PCBeninlogo.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Benin]]
File:Roundel_of_Congo_1970.svg|Logo of the [[Congolese Party of Labour]]
File:Egyptian_Communist_Party_logo.svg|Logo of the [[Egyptian Communist Party]]
File:Workers' Party of Ethiopia Logo.png|Flag of the [[Workers' Party of Ethiopia]]
File:Meison.jpg|Emblem of the [[All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement]]
File:Meison.jpg|Emblem of the [[All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement]]
File:Logo of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Party.svg|Emblem of the [[Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party]] (ca. 1975)
File:Logo of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Party.svg|Emblem of the [[Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party]] (ca. 1975)
File:Roundel_of_Congo_1970.svg|Logo of the [[Congolese Party of Labour]]
File:PCCote-d-Ivoire.svg|Logo of the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of Ivory Coast]]
File:Communist Party of Kenya logo.png|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Kenya]]
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File:FRELIMO Emblem.svg|Logo of [[FRELIMO]] ([[Mozambique]]) (1987–2004)
File:Emblem_of_Somali_Revolutionary_Socialist_Party.svg|Emblem of the [[Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
File:Emblem_of_Somali_Revolutionary_Socialist_Party.svg|Emblem of the [[Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
File:Emblem_of_the_South_African_Communist_Party.svg|Logo of the [[South African Communist Party]]
File:Emblem_of_the_South_African_Communist_Party.svg|Logo of the [[South African Communist Party]]
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File:PCCote-d-Ivoire.svg|Logo of the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of Ivory Coast]]
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File:FRELIMO Emblem.svg|Logo of [[FRELIMO]] (1987–2004)
File:Parti des travailleurs (Tunisie).svg|Logo of the [[Workers' Party (Tunisia)|Workers' Party of Tunisia]]
File:Parti des travailleurs (Tunisie).svg|Logo of the [[Workers' Party (Tunisia)|Workers' Party of Tunisia]]
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File:Egyptian_Communist_Party_logo.svg|Logo of the [[Egyptian Communist Party]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


==== Americas ====
==== Americas ====
<gallery class="center" classes="center">
<gallery class="center" classes="center">
File:Emblema PCM Mexico.svg|Logo of the [[Mexican Communist Party]]
File:Escudo del Partido Comunista Argentino.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Argentina]]
File:Partido Comunista de Chile.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Chile]]
File:Logo of the Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress).svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress)]]
File:PCB logo.svg|Logo of the [[Brazilian Communist Party]]
File:PCB logo.svg|Logo of the [[Brazilian Communist Party]]
File:PCdoB logo.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Brazil]]
File:PCdoB logo.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Brazil]]
File:Logomarca do Partido da Causa Operária, do Brasil.png|Logo of the [[Workers' Cause Party]]
File:Logo PCO Institucional.svg|Logo of the [[Workers' Cause Party]]
File:Partido Comunista de Chile.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Chile]]
File:Logo del Partido Comunista del Ecuador.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Ecuador]]
File:Emblema PCM Mexico.svg|Logo of the [[Mexican Communist Party]]
File:PCP paraguay.jpg|Logo of the [[Paraguayan Communist Party]]
File:Shining Path Hammer and Sickle.svg|Logo of the [[Shining Path]]
File:CPUSA.svg|Emblem of the [[Communist Party USA]]
File:CPUSA.svg|Emblem of the [[Communist Party USA]]
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File:Logo of the Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress).svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress)]]
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File:Logo del Partido Comunista del Ecuador.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Ecuador]]
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File:Shining Path Hammer and Sickle.svg|Logo of [[Shining Path]]
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[[Category:Hammer and sickle| ]]
[[Category:Hammer and sickle| ]]
[[Category:Heraldic charges]]
[[Category:Heraldic charges]]

Revision as of 00:19, 11 July 2024

For other uses, see Hammer and sickle (disambiguation).

The hammer and sickle symbol.
The hammer and sickle symbol and red star.

The hammer and sickle (Unicode: U+262D ☭ HAMMER AND SICKLE) is a communist symbol representing proletarian solidarity between agricultural and industrial workers. It was first adopted during the Russian Revolution at the end of World War I, the hammer representing workers and the sickle representing the peasants.[1]

After World War I (from which Russia withdrew in 1917) and the Russian Civil War, the hammer and sickle became more widely used as a symbol for labor within the Soviet Union (USSR) and for international proletarian unity. It was taken up by many communist movements around the world, some with local variations. The hammer and sickle remains commonplace in self-declared socialist states, such as China, Cuba, North Korea, Laos, and Vietnam, but also some former Soviet republics following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, such as Belarus and Russia. Some countries have imposed bans on communist symbols, where the display of hammer and sickle is prohibited.

History

Inception

In 1918, Yevgeny Ivanovich Kamzolkin proposed a 'hammer and sickle' symbol as a decoration for the May Day celebrations in the Zamoskvorechye District of Moscow.[2][3] It originally featured a sword, but Lenin strongly objected, disliking the militaristic connotations.[4][5] On 6 July 1923, the 2nd session of the Central Executive Committee (CIK) adopted the emblem.[4][failed verification]

In his work, Daily Life in a Crumbling Empire: The Absorption of Russia into the World Economy, sociologist David Lempert hypothesizes that the hammer and sickle was a secular replacement for the patriarchal cross.[6][7]

Use in Soviet Union

A hammer and sickle on the insignia of the Order of the Patriotic War.

Meaning

At the time of creation, the hammer and sickle stood for worker-peasant alliance, with the hammer a traditional symbol of the industrial proletariat (who dominated the proletariat of Russia) and the sickle a traditional symbol for the peasantry, but the meaning has since broadened to a globally recognizable symbol for Marxism, communist parties, or socialist states.[4]

Current usage

Post-Soviet states

Two federal subjects of the post-Soviet Russian Federation use the hammer and sickle in their symbols: the Vladimir Oblast has them on its flag and the Bryansk Oblast has them on its flag and coat of arms, which is also the central element of its flag. In addition, the Russian city of Oryol also uses the hammer and sickle on its flag.[citation needed]

The former Soviet (now Russian) national airline, Aeroflot, continues to use the hammer and sickle in its symbol.[8]

The de facto government of Transnistria uses (with minor modifications) the flag and the emblem of the former Moldavian SSR, which includes the hammer and sickle. The flag can also appear without the hammer and sickle in some circumstances, for example on Transnistrian-issued license plates.[citation needed]

Communist parties

Three out of the five currently ruling Communist parties use a hammer and sickle as the party symbol: the Chinese Communist Party, the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. In Laos and Vietnam, the hammer and sickle party flags can often be seen flying side by side with their respective national flags.[citation needed]

Many communist parties around the world also use it, including the Communist Party of Greece,[9] the Communist Party of Chile, both the Communist Party of Brazil and the Brazilian Communist Party, the Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party from Bangladesh, the Communist Party of Sri Lanka, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation, the Communist Party of India, the Communist Party of India (Maoist), the Indian Communist Marxist Party, the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist), the Egyptian Communist Party, the Communist Party of Pakistan, the Communist Refoundation Party in Italy, the Communist Party of Spain, the Communist Party of Denmark, the Communist Party of Norway, the Romanian Communist Party, the Lebanese Communist Party, the Communist Party of the Philippines and the Shining Path. The Communist Party of Sweden, the Portuguese Communist Party[10] and the Mexican Communist Party use the hammer and sickle imposed on the red star.

Variations

Many symbols having similar structures and messages to the original have been designed. For example, the Angolan flag shows a segment of a cog, crossed by a machete and crowned with a socialist star while the flag of Mozambique features an AKM crossed by a hoe. In the logo of the Communist Party USA, a circle is formed by a half cog and a semicircular sickle-blade. A hammer is laid directly over the sickle's handle with the hammer's head at the logo's center. The logo of the Communist Party of Turkey consists of half a cog wheel crossed by a hammer, with a star on the top.[citation needed]

Tools represented in other designs include: the brush, sickle and hammer of the Workers' Party of Korea; the spade, flaming torch and quill used prior to 1984 by the British Labour Party; the pickaxe and rifle used in communist Albania; and the hammer and compasses of the East German emblem and flag. The Far Eastern Republic of Russia used an anchor crossed over a spade or pickaxe, symbolising the union of the fishermen and miners. The Fourth International, founded by Leon Trotsky, uses a hammer and sickle symbol on which the number 4 is superimposed. The hammer and sickle in the Fourth International symbol are the opposite of other hammer and sickle symbols in that the head of the hammer is on the right side and the sickle end tip on the left. The Trotskyist League for the Fifth International merges a hammer with the number 5, using the number's lower arch to form the sickle. A sickle with a rifle is also used by the People's Mojahedin of Iran.[citation needed]

The Communist Party of Britain uses the hammer and dove symbol. Designed in 1988 by Michal Boncza, it is intended to highlight the party's connection to the peace movement. It is usually used in conjunction with the hammer and sickle and it appears on all of the CPB's publications. Some members of the CPB prefer one symbol over the other, although the party's 1994 congress reaffirmed the hammer and dove's position as the official emblem of the party. Similarly, the Communist Party of Israel uses a dove over the hammer and sickle as its symbol. The flag of the Guadeloupe Communist Party uses a sickle, turned to look like a majuscule G, to represent Guadeloupe.[11]

In 1938, the Dobama Asiayone, an anti-British nationalist group in the then British Burma, adopted a tricolour flag charged with red sickle and hammer.[12] From 1974–2010, the flag of Burma (Myanmar) featured a bushel of rice superimposed on a cogwheel surrounded by fourteen white stars; the rice representing the peasants and the cogwheel representing the workers, the combination symbolizing that the peasants and workers be the two basic social classes for State building, while the fourteen equal-sized white stars indicate the unity and equality of fourteen member states of the Union.[13]

The flag of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM, Party of the Revolution in Swahili), currently the ruling political party of Tanzania, has a slightly different symbol with a hammer and a hoe (jembe) instead of a sickle to represent the most common farm tool in Africa.[citation needed]

The symbols of the liberal socialist parties of Radical Civic Union in Argentina and the Czech National Social Party in the Czech Republic features a hammer and a quill with the former representing workers and the latter representing clerks.[citation needed]

The election symbol of Communist Party of India consists of a horizontal sickle, vertically crossed by Ears of Corn in the center.

Art

The hammer and sickle has long been a common theme in socialist realism, but it has also seen some depiction in non-Marxist popular culture. Andy Warhol who created many drawings and photographs of the hammer and sickle is the most famous example of this.

See also: Red star § Legal status, and Bans on communist symbols

In several countries in the former Eastern Bloc, there are laws that define the hammer and sickle as the symbol of a "totalitarian and criminal ideology" and the public display of the hammer and sickle and other Communist symbols such as the red star is considered a criminal offence. Georgia,[14] Hungary,[15] Latvia,[16] Lithuania,[17] Moldova (1 October 2012 – 4 June 2013)[18] and Ukraine[19][20][21] have banned communist symbols including this one. A similar law was considered in Estonia,[22] but it eventually failed in a parliamentary committee.[23] In Ukraine, the legislature equals communist symbols including hammer with sickle to Nazi swastika symbols.[24][25]

In 2010, the Lithuanian, Latvian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian, and Czech governments called for the European Union to criminalize "the approval, denial or belittling of communist crimes" similar to how a number of EU member states have banned Holocaust denial. The European Commission turned down this request, finding after a study that the criteria for EU-wide criminal legislation were not met, leaving individual member states to determine the extent to which they wished to handle past totalitarian crimes.[26]

In February 2013, the Constitutional Court of Hungary annulled the ban on the use of symbols of fascist and communist dictatorships, including the hammer and sickle, the red star and the swastika, saying the ban was too broad and imprecise. The court also pointed to a judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in which Hungary was found guilty of violation of article 10, the right to freedom of expression.[27] In June 2013, the Constitutional Court of Moldova ruled that the Moldovan Communist Party's symbols—the hammer and sickle—are legal and can be used.[28]

In Indonesia, the display of communist symbols is banned and the country's Communist party was also banned by decree of president Suharto, following the 1965–1966 killings of communists in which over 500,000 people were killed.[29][30] In January 2018, an activist protesting against Bumi Resources displayed the hammer and sickle, was accused of spreading communism, and later jailed.[31][32]

In Poland, dissemination of items which are "media of fascist, communist or other totalitarian symbolism" was criminalized in 1997. However, the Constitutional Tribunal found this sanction to be unconstitutional in 2011.[33]

Usage

Flags

Europe and Russia/Soviet Union

Asia minus Russia/Soviet Union

Africa

Americas

State emblems

Soviet Union (in the constitutional order)

Other

Logos

Europe

Asia

Africa

Americas

Unicode

In Unicode, the "hammer and sickle" symbol is U+262D (☭). It is part of the Miscellaneous Symbols (2600–26FF) code block. It was added to Unicode 1.1 in 1993.[34]

See also

Notes

References

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