Tajikistan in the Soviet Union

Last modified: 2005-05-13 by antónio martins
Keywords: tajikistan | tadzhik ssr | star: 5 points (fimbriated) | hammer and sickle (yellow) |
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• Description of the flag
• Reverse of the flag
• Coat of arms

• Tajikistan in the Soviet Union (early flags)
• Subdivisions of the Soviet Union (list, clickable map)
• Soviet Union
• Tajikistan

• Image of an actual flag
  reported by Dov Gutterman, 03 Oct 2002

Description of the flag

Adopted on 20 March 1953. White and green stripe near the bottom, with the following measures: 1/2 red, 1/5 white, 1/10 green, 1/5 red. See here detailed construction information of the hammer and sickle.
Mark Sensen, 25 May 1997

Specs.: stripes 5+2+1+2; h&s placement and size unknown! In my opinion, this was the best looking of them all.
António Martins, 19 Jun 2001

The flag of the Tadzhik SSR was, unsurprisingly, red, with two horizontal stripes of white over green. The white symbolized cotton production, the basis of Tajikistani agriculture, and the green was for other agricultural produce. The current Tajikistan flag continues this tradition, being a red over white over green tricolour.
Stuart Notholt, 25 Nov 1995

The colours are the same as the