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Khiva in the Soviet Union

Khorezmian PSR

Introduction
Flag of 1920
Flag of 1921
Flag of 1922
Flag of 1923

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Introduction

Central Asian Khanates of Bukhara and Khiva retained Khans ruling under Russian suzerinity until the Soviet period. They have remained independent until about 1924-5. But if I recall correctely the Khans were deposed already in the late 10s / early 20ies. After that they became the Peopleʼs Republic of Bukhara and the Peopleʼs Soviet Republic of Khwarizm (Khorezmian PSR). Eventually they were merged into a Soviet Turkestan which in the 30ies was divided into Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kirgizstan. By the way, there was another city Khanate in the same region (present Uzbekistan), Khoqand, which lost its independence already in 1876, during Czarist times.
Mark Sensen, 17 Apr 1996

Flag of 1920

by Mark Sensen, 14 Jul 1996

The pre-1920 flags are unknown. In 1920 the flag was hoisted. The size of the canton is unknown.
Jaume Ollé, 08 Oct 1996

Square green canton. In the upper half of the canton a yellow crescent (points upward) and star (like in present Mauretanian flag). In the lower half of the canton in yellow a crossed sickle, spade and cotton plant.
Mark Sensen, 14 Jul 1996

K. A. Ivanov [iva71] says about this flag:

In February 1920 the government of the Hivin Khan was overthrown, and in April of the same year 1st Horezmian Peoples Kurutay (congress) proclaimed the Horezmian Peoples Soviet Republic. The state flag was red with the stateʼs sign on it. This sign contained a star and crescent, and also a cotton plant, a spade and a sickle in a green canton.

Željko Heimer, 13 Dec 1999

Variation

by Ivan Sache, 15 Mar 2001

Znamierowski [zna00], p. 106, shows for Khorezm, 1920-1922, a different flag. It is a 2:3 red field with a green canton. A yellow crescent and star are placed in the canton. The star is tilted towards the upper hoist.
Ivan Sache, 15 Mar 2001

Flag of 1921

In 1921 the constitution establizhed that the flag is «a red field, while one quarter of this field to the top of the staff is of green color, and the crescent and a s