NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flag of the Uzbek SSR

The flag of the Uzbek SSR was adopted by the Uzbek SSR on August 29, 1952. The blue represents the sky, the white represents cotton, the red represents the "revolutionary struggle of the working masses", the hammer and sickle represents the peasants' and workers' union, and the red star is the symbol of the proletariat. Image File history File links Flag_of_Uzbek_SSR.svg Flag of Uzbek SSR, based on Image:Flag of the Soviet Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uzbek_SSR.svg Flag of Uzbek SSR, based on Image:Flag of the Soviet Union. ... State motto: Uzbek: Ð‘ÑƒÑ‚ÑƒÐ½ Ð´ÑƒÐ½Ñ‘ Ð¿Ñ€Ð¾Ð»ÐµÑ‚Ð°Ñ€Ð»Ð°Ñ€Ð¸, Ð±Ð¸Ñ€Ð»Ð°ÑˆÐ¸Ð½Ð³Ð¸Ð·! Translation: Workers of the world, unite! Capital Tashkent Official language None. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other uses, see Hammer and sickle (disambiguation). ... Red star on the Soviet flag The five-pointed red star (a pentagram without the inner pentagon) is a symbol of Communism and Socialism and represents the five fingers of the workers hand, as well as five of six inhabited continents. ...

History

Prior to this, the flag was red with the country's name in both Uzbek (Ўзбекистон ССР - Ozbekiston SSR) and Russian (Узбекская ССР - Uzbekskaya SSR) languages in gold in the top-left corner.

Between 1937 and the adoption of the above flag in the 1940s, the flag was the same, but with the Uzbek country's name in Latin characters - OZBEKISTAN SSR. Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ...

Between 1931 and 1937, the flag was much the same, but with the Uzbek abbreviation OzSSC, and its Russian equivalent - УзССР. 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Before that, from January 9, 1926, the flag was much the same, but with the country's name in Uzbek, Russian and Tajik. January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Tajik or Tadjik (Ñ‚Ð¾Ò·Ð¸ÐºÓ£, ØªØ§Ø¬ÛŒÚ©ÛŒ, tojikÃ) is a descendant of the Persian language spoken in Central Asia. ...

The first flag was hoisted on July 22, 1925 and was red, with the country's name in Arabic and the Cyrillic characters УзССР in the top-left corner in gold. July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (pronounced , also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several East and South Slavic languagesâ€”Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainianâ€”and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ...

See also

Flags of the Soviet Union and Soviet Republics

Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

size="1pt">Armenian SSR | Azerbaijan SSR | Byelorussian SSR | Estonian SSR | Georgian SSR | Kazakh SSR | Kyrgyz SSR |
Latvian SSR | Lithuanian SSR | Moldavian SSR | Russian SFSR | Tajik SSR | Turkmen SSR | Ukrainian SSR | Uzbek SSR Soviet Flag: 1:4 ratio July 1923-November 13, 1923 The first official flag of the Soviet Union was adopted in December of 1922 at the First Congress of Soviets of the USSR. It was agreed that the red banner was transformed from the symbol of the Party to the... Coat of arms of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic The coat of arms of the Uzbek SSR was adopted on February 14, 1937 by the government of the Uzbek SSR. The emblem was changed in 1992 to the present Uzbekistan coat of arms, which retains many parts of the old... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Uzbekistan was adopted on November 18, 1991. ... Flags of the Soviet Socialist Republics all featured predominantly red flag with hammer and sickle that both symbolised communism, quite similar to the flag of the Soviet Union. ... Image File history File links Coat_of_arms_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Soviet Flag: 1:4 ratio July 1923-November 13, 1923 The first official flag of the Soviet Union was adopted in December of 1922 at the First Congress of Soviets of the USSR. It was agreed that the red banner was transformed from the symbol of the Party to the... Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic The flag of the Armenian SSR was adopted on December 17, 1952 by the government of the Armenian SSR. The first flag of the Armenian SSR was introduced in the constitution, accepted on February 2, 1922 by the First Congress of Soviets of... Flag in 1952-1991. ... Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Byelorussian SSR on December 25, 1951. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 This flag was adopted by the Estonian SSR on February 6, 1953. ... Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Georgian SSR on April 11, 1951. ... Flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic 1937-1940 1940-1953 This flag was adopted by the Kazakh SSR on January 24, 1953. ... Flag of the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Kyrgyz SSR on December 22, 1952. ... Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the (former) Latvian SSR on January 17, 1953. ... Flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Flag of the Lithuanian SSR was adopted by the Lithuanian SSR on July 15, 1953. ... Flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Moldavian SSR on January 31, 1952. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 This flag was adopted by the Russian SFSR in 1954. ... Flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Tajik SSR on March 20, 1953. ... Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Turkmen SSR on August 1, 1953. ... Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The flag of the Ukrainian SSR was adopted as the official flag of the Ukrainian SSR on November 21, 1949. ...

Flags of short-lived Soviet republics

Abkhazian SSR (1921-1931) | Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940-1956) | Transcaucasian SFSR (1922-1936)

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