User blog comment:Darthkenobi0/Ask A Geek Deuxieme Parti/@comment-1367054-20100423025531

The hammer and sickle essentially represent the base of the Soviet Union, the peasantry, I don't recall the exact symbols but the sickle represents the farmers that made up the very base of the USSR, the hammer ... I believe has to do with the strength and resolve of the strong government that would punish the wicked. I'm not completely sure. I'll get back to you Mr. Communist