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The red flag, the hammer and sickle, and the red star - or variations thereof - are some of the symbols adopted by communist movements, governments, and parties worldwide. A tradition of including communist symbolism in socialist-style emblems and flags began with the flag of the Soviet Union and has since been taken up by a long line of ...
⚑ Red flag – socialism, communism, anti-fascism; Red Hand of Ulster – Ulster loyalism, Ulster unionism, Ulster nationalism ★ Red star – socialism, Marxism, communism, Neozapatismo; Red whirlwind (Zawba'a) – Syrian Social Nationalism
The flag of the Soviet Union served as a starting point for each Soviet Republic's own flag.. The flags of the Soviet Socialist Republics were all defaced versions of the flag of the Soviet Union, which featured a golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star (the only exception being the Georgian SSR, which used a red hammer and sickle and a fully red star) on a red field.
The five major colors of European heraldry (black, red, green, blue, and purple) are sorted next. Miscellaneous colors (murrey, tan, grey, and pink) are sorted last. Similar colors are grouped together to make navigation of this list practical.
In some countries, the sickle may be replaced by another traditional tool for local agriculture, most often a hoe. More rarely, a hammer may be used on its own, to represent the working classes as a whole. The five-pointed Red star, representing the five fingers of the worker's hand and the five continents on the earth. Often displayed with a ...
The red is also said to symbolize the revolution and the green the abundance of agricultural and natural riches. The yellow star placed over the red and green stripes represents the guiding light of the revolution. The flag was adopted following the coup of 1983 which brought Thomas Sankara to power. [2]
The flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic for most of its history was a horizontal triband of red, green and red, in a 3:2:3 ratio, charged in the canton with a gold hammer and sickle crowned by a gold-bordered, five-pointed red star. This was the SSR's second flag, adopted on 31 January 1952. [1] The SSR's first flag was in use from ...
The state flag is a horizontal triband of red, green and red, in a 3:2:3 ratio, charged in the canton with a gold hammer and sickle crowned by a gold-bordered, five-pointed red star. [6] The design is equivalent to that of the flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, which Transnistria broke away from in 1990. [7]