Does anyone know what the hammer and sicle on the Russian flag mean?

Answer 1

That's the old russian flag.

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_and_sickle

"The hammer and sickle is a symbol used to represent communism and communist political parties. It features a hammer superimposed on a sickle, or vice versa. The two tools are symbols of the peasantry and the industrial proletariat; placing them together symbolises the unity between agricultural and industrial workers."

Their current flag looks like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Russia.svg


Hope this helps!

Answer 2

The Russian flag is red white and blue stripes not the red with hammer and sickle, that is the old flag of the USSR and your previous answerers are correct it symbolises the workers both industrial and agricultural as being behind the Communist ideology but we all know in hindsight this couldn't be further from the truth.

Answer 3

Yes.


The red background stood for communism and was emulated around the world by other communist countries.

The hammer was represented the proletariat and the sickle represented the peasants. The gold star was the symbol unity and comprised five points. Each point was class in communist society.
workers
peasants
intellectuals
youths
soldiers

It was adopted in 1914 and abandoned 1991

Answer 4

The hammer stands for industry and the sickle for agriculture. It symbolizes that the Communist Party is an alliance of workers and peasants (farmers).

Answer 5

I think they were the joining of the workers, the industrial and agricultural, under the red flag.

Answer 6

hammer = workers of theunion
sickle= farmers
so they work together to provide for the state

Answer 7

It symbolises the union between workers in industry/factories/construction and rural workers i.e. farmers.

Answer 8

agriculture and industry