East Turkestan People's Revolutionary Party

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The East Turkestan People's Revolutionary Party (Chinese: 东突厥斯坦人民革命党), also referred to as the Third Region's People's Revolutionary Party, and simply as the People's Revolutionary Party, was a communist party and armed separatist group in Xinjiang. It was the largest armed separatist group in the Xinjiang conflict before its dissolution in 1989.[1]

The group's goal was to establish an independent Marxist-Leninist Uyghur state in the Xinjiang region, with help from the Soviet Union. Support from the Soviets increased during the Sino-Soviet split and border dispute.

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  1. ^ http://www.xjkunlun.cn/dswx/jjds/2010/2030886.htm 1946: The establishment of the People's Revolutionary Party