Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, 1952
In 1952 all Soviet Socialist Republics obtained flags with striped designs, based on the red flag of the USSR with at the upper hoist the hammer and sickle emblem in gold, with above it a gold-fimbriated red star. The new flag for the Uzbek SSR was adopted on 29 August 1952 and displayed a light blue horizontal stripe through the centre, with white fimbriation. These colours symbolised the blue sky over Uzbekistan and the white cotton, while red stood for “the revolutionary struggle of the working masses”, the hammer and sickle for workers and peasants and the star for the international proletariat.