NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Red Star

The five-pointed red star (a pentagram without the inner pentagon) is a symbol of Communism and Socialism and represents the five fingers of the worker's hand, as well as five of six inhabited continents. A lesser known suggestion is that the five points on the star were intended to represent the five social groups that would lead the nation to communism. In no particular order, they are: the youth (the future generations), the military (to protect and defend socialism), industrial workers (labourers), agricultural workers (peasantry), and the intelligentsia (to criticize and to improve the ideas and practices of life in order to attain communism). In general, it was the emblem, symbol, and signal that indicated the truth of the new order under the rule and guidance of the Communist Party. Image File history File links Soviet_flag_red_star. ... Image File history File links Soviet_flag_red_star. ... Soviet Flag: 1:4 ratio July 1923-November 13, 1923 The first official flag of the Soviet Union was adopted in December of 1922 at the First Congress of Soviets of the USSR it was agreed that the red banner was transformed from the symbol of the Party to the... A pentagram, pentacle, pentalpha, or pentangle A pentagram is a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes. ... In geometry, a pentagon is any five-sided polygon. ... Communism refers to a conjectured future classless, stateless social organization based upon common ownership of the means of production, and can be classified as a branch of the broader socialist movement. ... Socialism is an ideology of a social and economic system where the means of production are owned and controlled by all of society. ... In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. ... It has been suggested that Geographic Realms be merged into this article or section. ... In modern usage, a communist party is a political party which promotes communism, a sociopolitical philosophy based on the particular interpretation of Marxism put forth by Vladimir Lenin. ...

The red star is or was used on several flags and coats of arms of communist states, for example on the flag of former Yugoslavia, and in some separatist and socialist movements, like estelada flag in Catalan Countries. Sometimes the hammer and sickle was depicted inside or below the star. Since the fall of the Soviet bloc, the red star has been banned in some countries (e.g. in Hungary, it is a criminal offense to publicly show or use the symbol). The Russian Military still uses The Red Star and many former USSR member nations still have it on military equipment. The Russian military newspaper is also called the Red Star (Russian Krasnaya Zvezda). Several sporting clubs from communist countries used the red star as a symbol, and at least two named themselves after it: The tricolor flag of France A flag is a piece of coloured cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually for purposes of signalling or identification. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... A Communist state is a term for a state governed by a single political party which declares its allegiance to the principles of Marxism-Leninism. ... Flag of the SFRY, ratio 1:2 Flag of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia consisted of three equal horizontal bands coloured in pan-Slavic colors - blue (top), white and red - with yellow bordered red star, symbol of communism, at the flags centre. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Map of Catalan Countries with current political borders PaÃ¯sos catalans is a political invention, not much older than a century, elaborated by politicians and ideologists of Catalonia who dreamed with a Great Catalonia independent of Spain and formed by the catalan counties (Catalonia), the French Roussillon, a band of... The hammer and sickle as it appeared on the Soviet flag The hammer and sickle is a symbol used to represent communism and communist political parties. ... During the Cold War, the Eastern Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) comprised the following Central and Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Albania (until the early 1960s, see below), the Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia. ... The Soviet military newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda (Кра́сная звезда́, Red Star) was founded on January 1, 1924. ...

A yellow star, particularly on a red field, often has the same symbolism. Logo of Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski Klub Crvena Zvezda (Ð¤ÑƒÐ´Ð±Ð°Ð»ÑÐºÐ¸ ÐºÐ»ÑƒÐ± Ð¦Ñ€Ð²ÐµÐ½Ð° Ð·Ð²ÐµÐ·Ð´Ð°, commonly known in English as Red Star Belgrade) is one of the two major football teams in Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia and Montenegro. ... The Serbian language is one of the standard versions of the Å tokavian dialect (former standard was known as Serbo-Croatian language). ... Mayor Nenad BogdanoviÄ‡ Area 359. ... (helpÂ· info) [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the Federal State (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ...

A five-pointed red star is also used by California, Heineken, Mozilla, and Macy's, but without any communist connotation. Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 kmÂ² 402. ... Heineken (or Heineken Brouwerijen) is a Dutch beer brewer, established in 1863 when Gerard Adriaan Heineken purchased a brewery in Amsterdam. ... Mozilla is a computer term that has had many different uses, though all of them have been related to Netscape Communications Corporation and its related application software. ... Macys Department Store on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan Looking down on Macys. ...

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