Vestnik RUDN. International RelationsVestnik RUDN. International Relations2313-06602313-0679федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)10392Research ArticleThe Main Directions of Russian Policy in XinjiangMavlonovaA STheory and History of International Relations Chairburavleva@fromru.comPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia150320133525909092016Copyright © 2013, Mavlonova A.S.2013The article is dedicated to the main political directions followed by Russia in Xinjiang during the period of tsarism, and further by USSR right up to the World War II. The article includes analysis of the main reasons why Russia followed one or another political directions in Xinjiang during the particular historical period. The author concludes that both Russian Empire and USSR used to attentively analyze the developments happening in Xinjiang. This could be explained mainly by the economical and political interests of the country in Central Asian region and, in particular, in Xinjiang province. Such circumstances excluded nonintervention into the business of Xinjiang by Russian, but at the same time did not mean annexation of the territory.Russian EmpireUSSRXinjiangforeign policynational interestsChinaРоссийская империяСССРСиньцзянвнешняя политиканациональные интересыКитай