Red Star

English thumb|A red star. Proper noun Red Star A depiction of a red star, often used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union. en metonym Socialism or communism itself. en 1978 Geoffrey Barraclough The Times Atlas of World History 258 Red Star over Europe: The Bolsheviks seized power firmly convinced that socialist revolution was imminent in advanced western countries. These, they believed, would come to the aid of backward Russia.Red Star over Asia: As the prospects of revolution dimmed in the west, Lenin looked eastwards to the backward countries colonised by the great powers. Here the struggle for independence might be combined with the fight for socialism. en soccer Red Star Belgrade (a professional football club from Belgrade, Serbia) Translations Red Star Albanian: sq yll i kuq m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 紅星 Mandarin: cmn 紅星 Czech: cs rudá hvězda f Esperanto: eo ruĝa stelo Finnish: fi punainen tähti French: fr étoile rouge f German: de roter Stern m Hungarian: hu vörös csillag Italian: it stella rossa f Japanese: ja 赤星 akaboshi Korean: ko 붉은 별 Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira سِتارِهٔ سُرْخ Polish: pl czerwona gwiazda f Portuguese: pt estrela vermelha f Russian: ru кра́сная звезда́ f Slovak: sk červená hviezda f Spanish: es estrella roja f Turkish: tr kızıl yıldız Ukrainian: uk черво́на зі́рка f Red Star Belgrade Serbo-Croatian: sh Црвена Звезда, sh Crvena Zvezda See also hammer and sickle Further reading Red star Anagrams en aderrst Darters Strader Traders darters dartres retards starred traders en Cold War Communism Flags Soviet Union