United Revolutionary Front of East Turkestan

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The United Revolutionary Front of East Turkestan (Chinese: 東突厥斯坦聯合革命陣線) was an armed separatist group in Xinjiang, that participated in the Xinjiang conflict. The group was supported by the Soviet Union against the People's Republic of China.[1]

The group was led by Yusupbek Mukhlisi, whom in the 1990s, made controversial claims about violent insurrections in Xinjiang, and the ethnic composition of the Xinjiang region.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Reed 2010, p. 37.
  2. ^ Wayne 2007, p. 46.