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The deportation of Koreans in the Soviet Union ( Russian: Депортация корейцев в СССР; Korean: 고려인의 강제 이주) was the forced transfer of nearly 172,000 Soviet Koreans (Koryo-saram) from the Russian Far East to unpopulated areas of the Kazakh SSR and the Uzbek SSR in 1937 by the NKVD on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and Chairman of the Co...
Koryo-saram ( Koryo-mar: 고려사람 / Корё сарам; Russian: Корё сарам; Ukrainian: Корьо-сарам, romanized : Kor'o-saram; Uzbek: Корё-сарам, Koryo-saram) or Koryoin ( Korean: 고려인) are ethnic Koreans in the post-Soviet states who descend from Koreans who were living in the Russian Far East .
- 108,300
- 12,711
- 153,156
- 174,200
Soviet pilots flying MiG-15 jets participated in battles around the Yalu River Valley on the Chinese-Korean border in the area known as "Mig Alley" and in operations against UN "trainbusting" attacks in Northern Korea, with considerable success.
- Bomber and fighter interception
- Air Force
- 844 officers, 1153 NCOs and 1274 other ranks over duration of conflict.
Oct 10, 2023 · Asia. ‘I consider myself Korean’: Koryo Saram, ethnic Koreans in Central Asia, keep their roots alive. Today, there are an estimated 500,000 Koryo Saram scattered across several former Soviet...
Yang Kyoungjong (Korean: 양경종) was a Korean soldier who, according to some historians, fought in the Imperial Japanese Army, the Soviet Red Army, and later the German Wehrmacht during World War II.
- 양경종
- 19??–1939 (IJA), 1942–1943 (Red Army), 1943–1944 (Wehrmacht Heer)
Sakhalin Koreans (Korean: 사할린 한인; Russian: Сахалинские корейцы) are Russian citizens and residents of Korean descent living on Sakhalin Island, who can trace their roots to the immigrants from the Gyeongsang and Jeolla provinces of Korea during the late 1930s and early 1940s, the latter half of the Japanese ruling era.
Apr 24, 2017 · Governors of the Russian Far East regarded Koreans, who started migrating to Russia from the 1860s, as the most desirable Asians, and preferred them to the Chinese.
