Ili-Tacheng Incident

During the Ili-Tacheng Incident, May 29, 1962, about 67,000 Chinese citizens of Kazakh and other ethnics in Xinjiang fled to neighbouring Soviet Union through ports at Khorgas of Ili and Baketu of Tacheng, causing steep decline of the population of borderlands. Since then, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps moved into nearby regions and established a few state farms as a measure of national defence.[1][2] Prominent people that fled to Soviet Union included PLA generals Margub Ishakov and Zunun Taipov.

After the collapse of Soviet Union, some of the previous refugees expressed their intention to return but were rejected by Chinese government.[3]

References
  1. ""伊塔事件"后中苏边界纷争 兵团将士坚守领土" (in Simplified Chinese). 中华网. 2005-08-18. Archived from the original on 2006-07-03. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  2. MacFarquhar, Roderick (1997). The Origins of the Cultural Revolution- 3. The Coming of the Cataclysm 1961-1966. p. 239.
  3. "伊塔事件:回不来的6万新疆叛变边民！". 东方网. 2016-03-23. Archived from the original on 2018-01-14. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
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