Xinjiang), circulated and executed in Urumqi on April 29, 1951, his hands and feet were cut off, after resisting the Communist takeover. His children were captured, tortured and killed by the Chinese and his wife lost her mind due to this and jumped in to a fast flowing river. After his death many of his followers fled over the Himalayan mountains. Afterwards they were airlifted to Turkey, where they then lived. The conflict at Baitag Bogd The East Turkestan Republic was not united. There was a split in the government, two groups fought. The leaders of individual districts and units showed separatism. This was especially pronounced in the actions of one of the most striking "field commanders" of Ospan-Batyr (Osman-Batyr) of Islam. In the 1930s, he was a little-known gang leader. In 1940, Ospan became one of the leaders of the Kazakh uprising in the Altai district against Governor General Sheng Shitsai. The uprising was caused by the decision of the authorities to transfer the pastures and watering places to the settled peasants - Dungans and Chinese. In 1943, Altai Kazakhs rebelled again due to the decision of the authorities to relocate them to the south of Xinjiang, and place Chinese refugees in their nomads. After Ospan meets with Choibalsan, leader of the Mongolian People’s Republic weapons rebels supplied the MPR. In the spring of 1944, Osman Batyr was forced to retreat to Mongolia. Moreover, the departure of his unit was covered by the air forces of the MPR and the USSR. In the fall of 1945, the Osman-Batyr detachment took part in the liberation of the Altai District from the Kuomintang. After that, Ospan-Batyr was appointed by the Government of the WTR Governor of the Altai District. However, such a high position did not satisfy the rebel commander. Disputes immediately began between him and the WTR government. The Altai governor refused to comply with the instructions of the leadership of the republic, and his troops did not obey the command of the army. In particular, when the WTR army suspended military operations against the Kuomintang troops (the WTR leadership accepted the proposal to start negotiations with the aim of creating a single coalition government in Xinjiang), the Ospan-Batyr detachments not only failed to comply with this instruction, but, on the contrary, intensified their activities. At the same time, his gangs were smashed and plundered not only by the Kuomintang