East Turkestan People's Revolutionary Party

The East Turkestan People's Revolutionary Party (Chinese: 东突厥斯坦人民革命党) was a communist party and armed separatist group in Xinjiang. It was the largest armed separatist group in the Xinjiang conflict before its dissolution in 1989.[1]

The group's goal was to establish an independent Marxist-Leninist Uyghur state in the Xinjiang region, with help from the Soviet Union. Support from the Soviets increased during the Sino-Soviet split and border dispute.[2]


References

  1. ↑ http://www.xjkunlun.cn/dswx/jjds/2010/2030886.htm 1946: The establishment of the People's Revolutionary Party
  2. ↑ Han, Enze (August 31, 2010). External Kin, Ethnic Identity and the Politics of Ethnic Mobilization in the People's Republic of China (Doctor of Philosophy). The Faculty of Columbian College of Arts and Sciences of The George Washington University. pp. 113–114.
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