what does the soviet star represent?
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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 Against the blue sky of the Western world , the stars represent the peoples of Europe in a circle , a symbol of unity . Their number shall be invariably set at twelve , the symbol of completeness and perfection . 

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 The fall of Communism in Russia is the main focus of the opening titles , designed by Daniel Kleinman ( who took over from Maurice Binder after his death in 1991 ) . They show the collapse and destruction of several structures associated with the Soviet Union , such as the red star , statues of Communist leaders — notably Joseph Stalin — and the hammer and sickle . In an interview , Kleinman said they were meant to be " a kind of story telling sequence " showing that " what was happening in Communist countries was Communism was falling down " . According to producer Michael G. Wilson , some Communist parties protested against " Socialist symbols being destroyed not by governments , but by bikini @-@ clad women " , especially certain Indian Communist parties , which threatened to boycott the film . 

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 The Soviet Union ( USSR ) competed with its own single @-@ pilot spacecraft , Vostok . They sent the first man in space , by launching cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into a single Earth orbit aboard Vostok 1 in April 1961 , one month before Shepard 's flight . In August 1962 , they achieved an almost four @-@ day record flight with Andriyan Nikolayev aboard Vostok 3 , and also conducted a concurrent Vostok 4 mission carrying Pavel Popovich . 

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 From 1920 until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 , the Byelorussian SSR used an emblem instead of a coat of arms . The first emblem used by Soviet Byelorussia was adopted in 1919 and is similar to the contemporary insignia of the Russian and Ukrainian republics . The central part of the emblem is a stylized red shield , showing a golden sun rising from the base . Above the sun is a crossed golden hammer and sickle , symbolizing unity between workers and peasants . Above the hammer and sickle , the letters Б.С.С.Р are shown in black , denoting the name of the republic . БССР ( BSSR ) is an abbreviation for the full name of the republic ; " Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка " , the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic . The shield is framed by ears of wheat meeting at the its base and featuring a red ribbon inscribed in black with the state motto of the Soviet Union , " Workers of the World , Unite ! " The text is written in the Belarusian language . 

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