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The Red Flag or flag of the Soviet Union is a symbol used to represent communism and communist political parties. It features a sickle superimposed on a hammer. The two tools are symbols of the peasantry and the industrial proletariat respectively; placing them together symbolises the unity between agricultural and industrial workers. The flag was adopted by the USSR in December of 1922 at the First Congress of Soviets of the USSR where it was agreed that 'the red banner was transformed from the symbol of the Party to the symbol of a state, and around that flag gathered the peoples of the soviet republics to unite into one state - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'.