hammer and sickle
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Hammer_and_sickle.svg/220px-Hammer_and_sickle.svg.png)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The symbol was developed by Yevgeny Kamzolkin in 1917, based on antetypes like hammer and pick (symbol of mining). The hammer represents workers, while the sickle represents farmers.
Noun
[edit]hammer and sickle (plural hammers and sickles)
- A depiction of a sickle crossed with a hammer, used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union.
- (metonymically) Socialism or communism itself.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]symbol of communism
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]hammer and sickle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:hammer and sickle on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons