hammer and sickle

noun

1. the emblem of the Soviet Union, adopted in 1923 and consisting of an insignia of a hammer with its handle across the blade of a sickle and a star above.
2. any emblem similar to this, as the flag of Communist parties in some countries.

noun

1. the emblem on the flag of the former Soviet Union, representing the industrial workers and the peasants respectively
2. a symbolic representation of the former Soviet Union or of Communism in general