East Turkestan People's Revolutionary Party

East Turkestan People's Revolutionary Party
Shärqiy Turkistan Khälq Inqilawi Partiyisi
东突厥斯坦人民革命党
Dates of operation1969 (1969)–1989 (1989)
Active regionsXinjiang, China
IdeologyMarxism–Leninism
Uyghur nationalism
Separatism
pro-Soviet
anti-Chinese
Size60,000 (claimed)
Allies Soviet Union
 Mongolia
 Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (from 1979)
Opponents China
Battles and warsXinjiang conflict

The East Turkestan People's Revolutionary Party (Uyghur: Shärqiy Turkistan Khälq Inqilawi Partiyisi; Chinese: 东突厥斯坦人民革命党) was a Uyghur communist party and armed separatist group in Xinjiang. It was founded in 1969 or earlier during Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, and was the largest armed separatist group in the Xinjiang conflict before its dissolution in 1989.