The story
The symbol was developed by Yevgeny Kamzolkin in 1917, based on antetypes like hammer and pick (symbol of mining). The hammer represents workers, while the sickle represents farmers.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
hammer and sickle
Today it means: A depiction of a sickle crossed with a hammer, used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union. Full definition →