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Communist symbolism
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'''Communist symbolism''' usually incorporates
symbols representing the industrial workers and/or the
peasants of a country.
Usually these symbols, along with a
pentangle representing the five inhabited continents, appear in yellow on a red background representing
revolution. The
Flag of the Soviet Union incorporated a yellow-outlined red star and a yellow
hammer and sickle on red. The flags of
Flag of Vietnam Vietnam,
Flag of the People's Republic of China China,
flag of Angola Angola, and
Congo-Brazzaville would all incorporate similar symbolism under communist rule. The hammer and sickle have become the pan-communist symbol, appearing on the flags of most
communist party communist parties around the world. However, the flag of the
Workers' Party of Korea (North) Korean Workers' Party includes a hammer (for industrial workers), a hoe (for agricultural workers), and a brush (traditional writing-implement, representing intelligentsia).
Communist heraldry
Communist heraldry, as seen in the official state emblems and provincial emblems of Communist-ruled countries (past and present), tends to use motifs of red stars, rising suns, cogwheels, and electricity transmission towers — and above all, semi-circular sheafs of grain enclosing the whole emblem. The state emblem of the Pol Pot regime or "
Democratic Kampuchea" showed a rather sinister rigid rectangular grid of rice paddies, with a factory belching smoke from its smokestacks in the background.
See also
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Hammer and dove
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Red flag
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Red star
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Flags of the Soviet Republics
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Flag of East Germany
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Coats of Arms of the Soviet Republics
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Coat of Arms of the German Democratic Republic
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Coat of Arms of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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Coats of arms of the Yugoslav Socialist Republics
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Emblem of the People's Republic of China
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USSR State motto
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The Internationale
{{European communist parties}}
Category:Communism
Category:Symbols
