- Flag of Uzbekistan
The flag of
Uzbekistan was approved at the Seventh Extraordinary Session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan, onNovember 18 ,1991 .Embassy of Uzbekistan in the United States [http://www.uzbekistan.org/uzbekistan/symbols/ The State Flag of the Republic of Uzbekistan] ]Symbolism
The color blue represents the
Turkic background of Uzbek people, white symbolizes holy peace, green symbolizes nature orIslam , and the red stripes symbolize the power of life. Note that sky blue orturqoise is a unique colour of Turks coming from ancientTengrism religion.Fact|date=September 2008The depiction of the crescent is connected to historical and religious traditions of Uzbekistan. The 12 stars are representative of spiritual and divine symbols. The significance of the number 12 (the number of months in an astronomical calendar) is the development of
Islamic astronomy and scientific thought in Uzbekistan. There were also 12 principles that were used to lay the foundation of the Uzbek state.ee also
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Flag of the Uzbek SSR References
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