A concise local history of Xinjiang?

Concise local history of Xinjiang:

Xinjiang is located in the northwest of my country, covering a total area of ??more than 1.66 million square kilometers. It is the province with the largest land area in the country, accounting for approximately 10% of the country’s total land area. 1/6.

The border is more than 5,600 kilometers long, making it the province with the longest border in my country. It borders eight countries: Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

Xinjiang was called the Western Regions in ancient times, but "Western Regions" as a geographical concept has different contents in different eras. The people of the Han Dynasty gradually came to know and understand the geographical concept of the Western Regions. "Historical Records of Hussar Biography" says: Hussar.

The word hussar comes from the general Huo Qubing. General Qu Bing led his troops to attack Hunxie, the king of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions. King Hunxie of the Xiongnu was stationed in the present-day Zhangye and Wuwei areas. People include the Hexi Corridor area within the scope of the Western Regions.

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the area that was historically known as the Western Regions was also known as Xinjiang.

However, there were four Xinjiangs in the country at that time: one was Wumeng Prefecture in Yunnan Province (in today's Zhaotong and Yongshan areas), which was called Xinjiang, and the other was Guzhou in Guizhou Province (today's Rongjiang) was called Xinjiang. It is called Xinjiang. Thirdly, the western part of Guizhou Province, which is now Anshun City and Chaikuang County, is called Xinjiang. Fourthly, Dajiachuan and Xiaojinchuan in Sichuan are called Xinjiang. In the end, over time, there was only one Xinjiang.

Tsarist Russia occupied Xinjiang in 1871. It was not until 1875 (March of the first year of Guangxu) that the Qing government ordered Zuo Zongtang, who was over sixty years old, to supervise the military affairs of Xinjiang as the imperial envoy and regain Xinjiang. At this point, Xinjiang finally returned to the embrace of the motherland.