A new book by Jamil Hasanli on Uighurs in China published in Moscow

In Moscow in publishing "Science" published A monograph of another famous historian, chairman of the National Council, Professor Jamil Hasanli: "Xinjiang in the orbit of the Soviet policy of Stalin and the Islamic Movement of East Turkestan, 1931-1949"    was published in Moscow in the  Publishing House  “Science.” Scientific editor of the book is a professor at the London  Economic School Vladislav Zubok.

The monograph is the latest in a series of Soviet policy along the southern borders of the Soviet Union during the Second World War and the period of "cold war". Previously, the author, wrote about the intentions of Moscow in connection with the South Azerbaijan and the eastern provinces of Turkey.

Monograph chronologically covers a period of 20 years, analyzing the Soviet plans in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, home to the Uighurs and other Muslim peoples.

The author reports events in two phases. The first stage covers the 30 years of the 20th century, when the East Turkistan took place the Uighur uprising in order to create in the region of the Turkic-Muslim state. However, these attempts were suppressed by military forces of the USSR. The second phase covers the years 1944-49, when Moscow to put pressure on the regime of Chiang Kai-shek, itself fueled separatist sentiment in Xinjiang, giving covert assistance to the Uighurs.

Since May 1943, Stalin issued a series of secret directives with a view to control and maintain the East Turkistan Islamic Movement. The book pays attention to the East Turkestan Republic, established in November 1944 under the leadership of Ali Khan Torya. At the same time, the author draws a parallel between Moscow's policy towards South Azerbaijan and East Turkestan.

While working on the book, Hasanli use unique primary sources archives of Russia, the US and the UK.

The book is intended for historians and experts studying the period of "cold war", the history of diplomacy, problems of Muslims in China. -04D-