East Turkestan Republic

East Turkistan Republic (ETR) may refer to:

  • First East Turkestan Republic (1933–1934), Islamic republic centered on the city of Kashgar
  • Second East Turkestan Republic (1944–1949), Soviet-backed Turkic people's republic in northern Xinjiang

Famous quotes containing the words east and/or republic:

    “We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out and make a living again. It was for many years a voiceless part of the government. The balance of power moved away from it—to the north and the east. The problems of the north and the east became the big problem of the country and nobody paid much attention to the economic unbalance the South had left as its only choice.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “Who is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with his execrable daubs?”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)