battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Urumqi
Battle of Urumqi was a battle fought in 1933 in what is now People's Republic of China. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Q4247016. 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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Where it sits in Q4247016
Record
| Date | 1933 (year precision) | |
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| Place | 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) | |
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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
- Battle of Talas AD 751, 1254 km W
- Battle of Irmen 1598, 1257 km N
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Kashgar 1933
- After: Battle of Aksu 1933
Elsewhere in 1933
- defense of the Great Wall People's Republic of China
- Battle of the Hotel Nacional of Cuba Cuba
- First Battle of Nanawa Paraguay
- Battle of Campo Jordán Paraguay
- Battle of Gondra Paraguay
Battle of Urumqi is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 339 in present-day People's Republic of 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.