Elihan Tore

Elihan Tore
Elihan Tore
President of the East Turkestan Republic
In office
12 November 1944 – 16 June 1946
Preceded byRepublic established
Succeeded byEhmetjan Qasim (as President of the Ili District Council)[1][2][3][4]
Personal details
Born21 March 1884
Tokmok, Russian Turkestan, Russian Empire (modern day Kyrgyzstan)
Died28 February 1976 (age 91)
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (modern day Uzbekistan)
ProfessionPolitician, Poet, Scholar
Military service
RankMarshal of National Army

Elihan Tore (Uyghur: ئەلىخان تۆرە; Chinese: 艾力汗·吐烈; 21 March 1884 – 28 February 1976) was the President of the Second East Turkestan Republic. He was born in Tokmok, formerly known as Balasagun, Kyrgyzstan and in 1920 he escaped from the Soviet Union to Kashgar in East Turkestan. In April 1944, Elihan Tore along with Abdulkerim Abbas, Xabib Yunich and nine others formed a liberation organization in Ghulja (Yining) to free East Turkestan of Chinese Nationalist rule.[5] On 11 November 1944, they launched the Ili Rebellion with the support of the Soviet Union.[5]

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