Tibetan People's Republic

{{Short description|Short-lived contingent of the Northwest Chinese Soviet Federation}}

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{{Infobox former subdivision

|conventional_long_name = Chinese Soviet Central Bodpa Autonomous Government

|subdivision = Minority Government

|nation = the Northwest Chinese Soviet Federation

|government_type = Autonomous Soviet Socialist Government

|year_start = 1936

|date_start = 5 May

|year_end = 1936

}}

The Tibetan People's Republic or Bodpa People's Republic, officially known as the Chinese Soviet Central Bodpa Autonomous Government ({{zh|s=中华苏维埃中央博巴自治政府|t=中華蘇維埃中央博巴自治政府|p=Zhōnghuá sūwéi'āi zhōngyāng bó bā zìzhì zhèngfǔ}}; Tibetan: བོད་པའི་སྡེ་པ, Wylie: bod pa'i sde pa) was a short-lived contingent of the Northwest Chinese Soviet Federation established on May 5, 1936.{{cite web|date=2018-07-25|title=少数民族革命政权 [Minority Revolutionary Regimes]|url=http://www.scsdaj.gov.cn/special/cz70/c309.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805133044/http://www.scsdaj.gov.cn/special/cz70/c309.htm|archive-date=2012-08-05|website=Sichuan Provincial Archives}} It was a Tibetan autonomous government under the Chinese Communist Party established by the Chinese Red Army during the Long March to assist local Tibetans in Dawu County, Luhuo County, Yajiang County and Garzê County.

Its main operations were located in the tusi chiefdom of Derge (now Dêgê County). Key people involved with the republic included Spommdav Rdorje, Bkrashis Dbangphyug, and others. The Republic was dissolved along with the Northwest Soviet Federation following the convening of the Chinese 2nd and 4th Army in Garzê County.{{cite web|last=Wangyal|first=Phuntsok|date=2007-02-06|title=回忆扎喜旺徐同志 [Recalling Comrade Zhaxiwang Xu]|url=http://gangjanba.middle-way.net/article/2007/0206/article_60.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104160754/http://gangjanba.middle-way.net/article/2007/0206/article_60.html|archive-date=2007-11-04|website=Gangbangja Middle Way}}