battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Urumqi

Name: Battle of Urumqi
Location: Ürümqi, People's Republic of China

Battle of Urumqi was a battle fought in 1933 at Ürümqi, in what is now People's Republic of China. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Ürümqi. It was part of the Kumul Rebellion, which ran from 1931 to 1934. The recorded result: Provincial victory. Recorded strength: 10,000 Chinese Muslim troops against North East Salvation Army (Manchurian soldiers) and 1,800 White Russian troops.

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Fought1933

WhereÜrümqi, People's Republic of China43.822N, 87.612E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeProvincial victory

BelligerentsRepublic of China New 36th DivisionagainstChinese Xinjiang Provincial government

Part ofKumul Rebellion1931 to 1934

Where it sits in the Kumul Rebellion

8 placed engagements of the Kumul Rebellion in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1933 (year precision)
Place	Ürümqi, People's Republic of China 43.822N, 87.612E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	10,000 Chinese Muslim troops	North East Salvation Army (Manchurian soldiers) and 1,800 White Russian troops
Casualties and losses		~6,000 troops killed (estimated by Wu Aichen)
Commanders	Ma Shih-ming	Jin Shuren Sheng Shicai Colonel Pappengut

Placed at Ürümqi; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Chakirmaut 1204, 585 km N
Battle of Brown's Ferry 1863, 995 km S
Battle of Barnaul 1918, 1098 km N
Saratoga campaign 1777, 1139 km W
Battle of Talas AD 751, 1254 km W

In the same war

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Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet China
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Battle of Urumqi is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 448 in present-day China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4438406, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Ürümqi (1933), revision 1370602944, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.