SELECTION POLICY. THE SOVIET UNION'S SELF-DISSOLUTION AND XINJIANG AFTER EAST TURKESTAN REPUBLIC (1946-1947)

Abstract

Abstract: Changes in Soviet policy in 1940s exerted substantial impact on the dynamics of the Uighur separatist movement. The author claims that nuanced approach towards relations with the coalition government of the Xinjiang and specific districts of the province was generated to serve both strategic and economic interests of the USSR.

Keywords

• soviet-chinese relations
• eastern turkestan
• kuomintang
• communist part of china