Gheni Batur (Cyrillic Uyghur: Ғени Батур) (1902 – 29 June 1981) is an Uyghur national hero. He was among the first 20 horsemen who began uprising in Nilka County of Ili valley of Sinkiang in September,1944 against Kuomintang Sinkiang provincial government, which eventually led to the establishment of in northern Sinkiang (Jungaria). After the collapse of the Second East Turkestan Republic (November 12, 1944 – October 20, 1949), he fled to the Soviet Union. He lies buried in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
