Search | Wilson Center Digital Archive

Switch to Visualization

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Soviet Union Clear All

Related Resources

Uyghur man in Xinjiang

China

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

China and the Soviet Union in Xinjiang, 1934-1949

Sino-Soviet Relations

The Yi-ta Incident, 1962

Sino-Soviet Split, 1960-1984

Photograph fo Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing

China. Foreign Ministry

1949-

A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Soviet Union. Communist Party. Central Committee (CPSU CC). Politburo

-

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Sheng, Shicai

1897- 1970

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich

1890- 1986

Portrait of Mao Zedong from propaganda poster

Mao, Zedong

1893- 1976

Making of the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1945-1950

Photograph of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, 1945

Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950

Placeholder image for when a places image is not available

East Asia

Mongolia

Placeholder image for when a places image is not available

China

Manchuria

Japan's Itsukushima Shrine

East Asia

Japan

Results:

31 - 40 of 144

Display:

Sort By:

Documents

January 4, 1939	Translation of a Letter from Governor Shicai Sheng to Cdes. Stalin, Molotov, and Voroshilov Governor Sheng Shicai expresses gratitude to Cdes. Stalin, Molotov, and Voroshilov for the opportunity to visit Moscow. After reporting critical remarks made by Fang Lin against the Soviet Union and the Communist Party, Sheng Shicai requests that the All-Union Communist Party dispatch a politically experienced person to Urumqi to discuss Party training and asks that the Comintern order the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang to liquidate the Party organization.
November 10, 1937	Letter from Governor Sheng Shicai to Cde. V. M. Molotov Sheng Shicai expresses gratitude to Cde. V. M. Molotov for Soviet assistance with eliminating the 36th Division of the NRA from the South of Xinjiang and combating a Trotskyist plot in Xinjiang. He requests Molotov's assistance with "implementing the policy of the six principles" in Xinjiang and turning it into a model province.
October 4, 1936	Letter from Sheng Shicai to Cde. V. M. Molotov Governor Shicai Sheng of Xinjiang praises the Soviet Union and expresses gratitude to Cde. V. M. Molotov for the "moral and material friendly aid" Xinjiang has received from the Soviet Union while expressing regret that he will be unable to accompany Apresov, the Consul General in Urumqi, on his visit to the Soviet Union.
April 19, 1941	Excerpt on Xinjiang from Minutes of the VKP(b) CC Politburo Meetings The Politburo issued 5.25 million rubles to support the NKO's operations in the Mongolian People's Republic and Xinjiang, the independent NKVD rifle battalion in Xinjiang, and the topographic detachment in Xinjiang until the end of 1941.
March 7, 1941	Work Plan of the Narkomtsvetmet Sin'tszysnolovo Concession for 1941 The Narkomtsvetmet (People's Commissariat of Nonferrous Metallurgy) outlines the work plan for the Sin'tszyanolovo concession in 1941, including exploration work for tin and tungsten in the Bortala River basin and conducting a geological survey and prospecting for mineral deposits in the Altai, Kashgar, Ghulja, and Hotan districts.
October 26, 1940	Excerpt on Xinjiang from Minutes No. 21 of the VKP(b) CC Politburo Meetings The Soviet Politburo charges Narkomtsvetmet with concluding a 50 year concession agreement for the right to explore and exploit mineral deposits in Xinjiang and establishes a Directorate of Concessions for Exploration, Prospecting, and Exploitation of the Deposits of Tin in Xinjiang.
March 14, 1940	Concerning the Secret Cipher Unit of the USSR Consulate in Urumqi The Politburo directs the NKVD to permit the division of the combined secret cipher unit of the USSR Consulate General and Trade Mission in Urumqi into independent secret cipher units.
January 10, 1939	Concerning Soviet Troops in Xinjiang The Politburo transfers Soviet military units deployed in Xinjiang and supervision of the Xinjiang army to the control of the People's Commissariat of Defense.
February 16, 1937	Concerning Soviet Geological Exploration Work in Xinjiang The Politburo orders that the Special Expedition of the NKTP continue its work in the territory of Xinjiang, namely exploring and mining in the Surtassky deposit and the Ili [Yili] District, through 1937.
September 22, 1937	Concerning Travel of the Civil Air Fleet to Xinjiang The Politburo orders the Civil Air Fleet to send a transport aircraft to make several trips between Urumqi and Kashgar in coordination with the NKID and NKVD.