East Turkestan People's Revolutionary Party
Former militant group and political party in Xinjiang / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with the East Turkestan Revolutionary Party.
The East Turkestan People's Revolutionary Party (Uyghur: Shärqiy Turkistan Khälq Inqilawi Partiyisi; Chinese: 东突厥斯坦人民革命党) was a Uyghur communist party[citation needed] and armed separatist group in Xinjiang. It was founded in 1969 or earlier[2] during Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, and was the largest armed separatist group in the Xinjiang conflict before its dissolution in 1989.[3]
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East Turkestan People's Revolutionary Party | |
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Shärqiy Turkistan Khälq Inqilawi Partiyisi 东突厥斯坦人民革命党 | |
Dates of operation | 1969 (1969)–1989 (1989) |
Active regions | Xinjiang, China |
Ideology | Marxism–Leninism Uyghur nationalism Separatism pro-Soviet anti-Chinese |
Size | 60,000 (claimed)[1] |
Allies | Soviet Union Mongolia Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (from 1979) |
Opponents | China |
Battles and wars | Xinjiang conflict |
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The ETPRP's goal was to initiate a second "Revolution of the Three Districts" to establish an independent Marxist–Leninist Uyghur state in the Xinjiang region[citation needed], with help from the Soviet Union. Support from the Soviets increased during the Sino-Soviet split and subsequent border dispute.[4]