File:Hammer and sickle.svg




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DescriptionHammer and sickle.svg


English: Hammer and sickle

Date 1917
Source
Coat of arms of the Soviet Union (1923–1936).svg Coat of arms of the Soviet Union 1923–1936.svg and various flags, including those at Hammer and sickle
Author Russia
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  • Communist heart.svg Communist heart.svg


  • Creative-communism.png Creative-communism.png


  • Commonist.svg Commonist.svg


  • Hammer sickle clean.png Hammer sickle clean.png










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Communist symbol


Legal disclaimer
This image is or contains a symbol or symbols prohibited by law in the nations mentioned below, due to (variously) representations of communism, socialism, or similar governmental structures; or of parties/organizations associated with said:


  • Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada


  • Georgia's parliament


  • Latvia's Saeima


  • Lithuania's Constitutional Court passed Article 18818 of the Code of Administrative Offences


  • Germany's Criminal Code §86a, referring to the "use of symbols of unconstitutional organizations" outside the contexts of "art or science, research or teaching"


  • Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly


Bans no longer in effect include:




  • Hungary: Hungarian Criminal Code 269/B.§ 1993


  • Moldova: LPC192/2012ro,ru


  • Poland: Art. 256 of the Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553 of the criminal code has removed references to imagery and now only covers promotion of communist ideas


  • United States: had state and city laws; Supreme Court declared these unconstitutional in Stromberg v. California, 283 U.S. 359 (1931)


Imagery covered may include the hammer and sickleen, red star, emblems/insignias, flags or images of leaders.




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