The East Turkestan Republic was a breakaway state that existed from 1944 to 1946, encompassing the three northernmost districts of Xinjiang Province, Republic of China: Ili, Tarbagatay and Altay. It i
Representatives of the Coalition Government of Xinjiang Province
Ehmetjan Qasimi and Abdukerim Abbasov with Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing on 22 November 1946
Qasimi and Abbasov with Sun Fo, the son of Sun Yat-sen, in Nanjing on 24 November 1946
Museum für Indische Kunst Dahlem Berlin Mai 2006 063
The Ili District Council was a governing council that encompassing the three northernmost districts of Xinjiang Province, Republic of China: Ili, Tarbagatay and Altay. It was established in 1946 after
Second East Turkestan Republic
…from the ROC, the Coalition Government of Xinjiang Province was established in Dihua (present-day Ürümqi) and the ETR government was reformed as the Ili District Council, although the region retained its political independence. From 1934 to 1941 Xinjiang, a province of the Republic of China, was under the influence of…
Seypidin Azizi standing behind Mao Zedong during the proclamation of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949 in Beijing
Seypidin Azizi, Xi Zhongxun (father of 6th paramount leader of China Xi Jinping), Burhan Shahidi in July 1952 after quelling the Ospan Batyr Kazakh insurgency in Xinjiang.