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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «ISTORIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «HISTORY»
ISSN 2222-9124 (Print)

List of issues > Series «History». 2021. Vol 38

Koreans in the Red Army. On the Problem of Russian-Korean Relations in the Soviet Union

Author(s)
V. G. Datsyshen
Abstract
The problems of Korean service in the Red Army are considered. It is noted that Koreans, both Russian citizens and emigrants from Korea, voluntarily joined the Red Army from the first days of its existence, and then Soviet Koreans were drafted into it on a general basis. Most of the Koreans served in the Siberian Military District and in the Special Far Eastern Army. Special attention is paid to the problems of Russian-Korean relations. The conclusion is made that the absence of racial and national discrimination in the Red Army did not exclude problems and contradictions in the relations between Russian and Korean servicemen. But these problems did not have a serious impact on the combat capability of the Red Army
About the Authors
Datsyshen Vladimir Grigoryevich, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Chief Scientific Researcher; Institute for Demographic Research FCTAS RAS; Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V. P. Astafiev, 89, Ada Lebedeva st., Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russian Federation, e-mail: dazishen@mail.ru
For citation
Datsyshen V. G. Koreans in the Red Army. On the Problem of Russian-Korean Relations in the Soviet Union. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2021, vol. 38, pp. 102-110. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2021.38.102 (in Russian)
Keywords
Koreans in the Red Army, Siberia and the Far East, 26th rifle division, interethnic relations.
UDC
355(519:571.5/.6)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2021.38.102
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