Tielieketi
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Tielieketi is a part of Yumin County
in Xinjiang
, the People's Republic of China
, adjacent to the border
with Kazakhstan
.
during Sino-Soviet split
in 1969. On August 13, 1969, when a Chinese frontier squadron composed of some 30 soldiers entered the Chinese border zone, the Soviet soldiers crossed the border to attack. The Soviets eliminated the Chinese patrol squadron, occupied the Chinese border zone and killed totally 28 Chinese soldiers.
Soviet sources claim that the Soviet border guard’s attack on the Chinese military of August 13 was triggered by a persistent violation of Soviet border by Chinese soldiers, which allegedly started at the previous night. The incident is described even as an arranged Maoist provocation like famous Zhenbao Island incident 5 months earlier. Chinese military unit which took part in the incident was allegedly equipped with photo and video recording devices
, including a professional video camera. Also note that Zhalanashkol itself is situated http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.56,82.25&spn=0.2,0.2&t=h deeply inside (about 5 km / 3 miles) the territory of Kazakhstan (then a constituent part of the Soviet Union).
, Tielieketi was administrated by Kazakhstan. In 1999, China and Kazakhstan signed joint declaration to resolve their long-term border issues, and Tielieketi was finally returned to China.
Yumin County
Yumin County is a county situated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Tacheng Prefecture.It has an area of 6,090 km² with a population of 50,000. The Postcode is 834800....
in Xinjiang
Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
, the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
, adjacent to the border
Border
Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, sovereign states, federated states and other subnational entities. Some borders—such as a state's internal administrative borders, or inter-state borders within the Schengen Area—are open and...
with Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
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Tielieketi Incident
There was a famous military incident (known in Soviet sources as the border conflict near the lake Zhalanashkol – ) happened between China and Soviet UnionSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
during Sino-Soviet split
Sino-Soviet split
In political science, the term Sino–Soviet split denotes the worsening of political and ideologic relations between the People's Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the Cold War...
in 1969. On August 13, 1969, when a Chinese frontier squadron composed of some 30 soldiers entered the Chinese border zone, the Soviet soldiers crossed the border to attack. The Soviets eliminated the Chinese patrol squadron, occupied the Chinese border zone and killed totally 28 Chinese soldiers.
Soviet sources claim that the Soviet border guard’s attack on the Chinese military of August 13 was triggered by a persistent violation of Soviet border by Chinese soldiers, which allegedly started at the previous night. The incident is described even as an arranged Maoist provocation like famous Zhenbao Island incident 5 months earlier. Chinese military unit which took part in the incident was allegedly equipped with photo and video recording devices
Camera
A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
, including a professional video camera. Also note that Zhalanashkol itself is situated http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.56,82.25&spn=0.2,0.2&t=h deeply inside (about 5 km / 3 miles) the territory of Kazakhstan (then a constituent part of the Soviet Union).
Returned to China
After the Soviet Union dissolved in 1990s1990s
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, Tielieketi was administrated by Kazakhstan. In 1999, China and Kazakhstan signed joint declaration to resolve their long-term border issues, and Tielieketi was finally returned to China.