Red star

:For astronomical meanings of "red star", see red dwarf, red giant, and stellar classification.

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Red dwarf - Red giant - Stellar classification

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:For the Dragonriders of Pern meaning, see Red Star (Pern).

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Dragonriders of Pern - Red Star (Pern)

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The five-pointed red star (a pentagram without the inner pentagon) is a symbol of Communism and represents the five fingers of the worker's hand, as well as the five (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 supposed truth of the new order under the rule and guidance of the Communist Party.

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Pentagram - Pentagon - Communism - Worker - Continent - Communist Party

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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. 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).

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Flag - Coats of arms - Communist state - Flag of former Yugoslavia - Hammer and sickle - Soviet bloc - Hungary

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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:

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Russia - Newspaper - Russian - Krasnaya Zvezda - Sporting

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• FK Red Star (Serbian Crvena Zvezda), Belgrade
• Roter Stern, Leipzig

A yellow star, particularly on a red field, often has the same symbolism.

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