Soviet Policy in Xinjiang - Stalin and the National Movement in Eastern Turkistan

Using recently declassified Soviet documents, Jamil Hasanli examines Soviet involvement in the anti-China rebellion in East Turkistan during the 1930's and 1940's.

List of contents

Chapter 1: National Movement in Eastern Turkistan and Moscow's Growing Influence in
Xinjiang (1930-1934)
Chapter 2: Strengthening of Soviet Control over Eastern Turkistan (1934-1939)
Chapter 3: Deepening of Crisis in Soviet-Xinjiang Relations and Downfall of the Sheng
Government
Chapter 4: Activation of Moscow's Policy in Xinjiang and Creation of the Eastern Turkistan
Republic (1944-1945)
Chapter 5: The Urumqi Agreement and Establishment of a Coalition Government in Xinjiang
(1946-1947)
Chapter 6: New Wave of Soviet Activities in Xinjiang and Communist Victory in China (1947-
1949)

About the author

Jamil Hasanli is former professor of history at Baku State University and visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Summary

Using recently declassified Soviet documents, Jamil Hasanli examines Soviet involvement in the anti-China rebellion in East Turkistan during the 1930’s and 1940’s.

Product details

• Authors: Jamil Hasanli, Hasanli Jamil
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781793641267
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-126-7
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; China, HISTORY / World, Xinjiang, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, International Relations, Asian History, c 1930 to c 1939, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General