On 26 April 1920 the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic was declared as the successor state to the Khanate of Khiva and its flag initially seems to have been red with in a green canton a yellow crescent and star; some sources depict the crescent with its points upward, as in the later version. The proportions of this flag remained 2:3 and it was reported that this flag was confirmed in the constitution in 1921.