Second East Turkestan Republic

This article is about the specific polity Second East Turkestan Republic and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a Turkic Islamic republic that seceded from China in 1944 during the Ili Rebellion.

Establishment

November 1944: Rebels established the Provisional Government of the Second East Turkestan Republic in 1944.

Chronology

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1. Chinese Civil War

Was a civil war fought in China between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party. The war continued intermittently for more than twenty years, and overlappes with the Second Sino-Japanese War that started in 1937 with the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. The Communists gained control of mainland China and established the People's Republic of China in 1949, forcing the leadership of the Kuomintang-led Republic of China to retreat to the island of Taiwan.

1.1.War in Xinjiang

Was the theatre of war of the Chinese Civil war in Xinjiang, where the First and Second East Turkestan Republic were founded.

October 1949: Incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China.