Ili Rebellion
1944-46 Results: see below

The Ili Rebellion was a Uyghur separatist movement backed by the Soviet Union against the Kuomintang government of the Republic of China in 1944. After the start of the rebellion, the rebels established the Provisional Government of the Second East Turkestan Republic in 1944. The Ili Rebellion was the start of the East Turkistan National Liberation Revolution, also known as the Three Districts Revolution which lasted from 1944 to 1949.

The results were:

  • Independence of the East Turkestan Republic declared on 12 November 1944
  • Ceasefire and establishment of a coalition government between the East Turkestan Republic and Republic of China on 26 June 1946
  • Collapse of the coalition government on 12 August 1947 and resumption of independent governance in the former territories of the East Turkestan Republic