✦ History

Part of Kumul Rebellion

Soviet invasion of Xinjiang

January 1934 – April 1934 · Xinjiang

Result Ceasefire

Soviet troops entered Xinjiang to help the warlord Sheng Shicai against Ma Zhongying's Hui forces. Xinjiang then came under strong Soviet influence.

On the map Contemporaries

Republic of China

Soviet Union

Republic of China
Soviet Union
Chiang Kai-shek military commander Ma Zhongying military commander Zhang Peiyuan military commander
Joseph Stalin military commander Ishaq Beg Munonov military commander Sheng Shicai military commander

Strength and losses

Soviet Union Strength 7,000

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