Korean ethnicity originated from the Korean Peninsula in East Asia and was called the "Goryeo Nation" by our country in ancient times. He was also a vassal state of our country. Later, due to the influence of World War II , the Korean Peninsula was divided into North Korea and South Korea. However, many people don’t know that there are actually 350,000 Koreans in Central Asia. So why did so many Koreans go to Central Asia during World War II?
Artworks North Korea's Dongxue Party Uprising
North Korea as a Japanese colony
1894 The famous Dongxue Party Uprising broke out in North Korea, and the North Korean government requested the Qing government to send troops to support. Later, the Qing government was invited to support North Korea and notified the Japanese side. Japan was overjoyed when she learned the news. Japan's "mainland plan" was to occupy North Korea first, followed by Northeast China, and finally occupy all of China. Since the Qing government sent troops to North Korea, Japan naturally would not miss this good opportunity.
At that time, "Zhenyuan Ship", one of the world's strongest warships,
Japan entered North Korea under the pretext of protecting the expatriates and the embassy, and then repeatedly provoked the Qing army. On June 10 of the same year, the rebel army and the government reached an agreement to cease war. However, Japan sank the " Gaosheng " borrowed by the Qing government and Britain, and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 began. Later, the Qing army sent troops to garrison Pingyang , but unfortunately, the Japanese army's equipment and military quality were far better than the Qing government at that time. The Qing army returned in a defeat and rushed 500 miles overnight to flee back to the country.
The Qing government and Japan signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki
This battle led to the annihilation of the Qing government's Beiyang Navy , and the Zhenyuan ship was also kidnapped by the Japanese army. He also signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which was a humiliating country. After that, Japan occupied the entire territory of North Korea, and North Korea became a Japanese colony.
At this time, in order to survive, a large number of North Koreans had to escape from their motherland and borrowed from Northeast China to the then relatively stable Far East of Tsarist Russia (around Vladivostok). This is the main reason why there are so many Koreans in the northeast of our country. Most of the Korean people who fled at that time chose to settle down in the northeast of our country.
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Korean traditional clothing
It should be emphasized here that although the Northeast China accommodated many Koreans, the Qing government at that time actually prohibited the North Koreans from staying in the Northeast, while Tsarist Russia chose to give the North Koreans Russian nationality and land. Therefore, there are actually far more Koreans in Vladivostok than in Northeast my country.
Korean traditional activities
However, by 1905, after the victory of the Russo-Japanese War , Vladivostok became a turbulent land, but at this time, many immigrants escaped from the Japanese-ruled Korean Peninsula to the Far East. Until this area was full of yellow people. At that time, there were about 200,000 Koreans in the Far East, while the local Russians were less than 10,000. The North Koreans who came again later had no land to share, so they had to work as some handymen with extremely low wages here.
Russia (Soviet) Far East specific location
was influenced by Japanese conspiracy. The Soviet Union moved the Koreans in the Far East to Central Asia
immediately followed October Revolution outbreak, and the Russian regime changed. The Koreans in the Far East also hated the local White Army and the Japanese. They took up weapons and responded to the call of the Soviet Red Army. After that, the Soviet government issued Soviet nationality to many North Koreans and set up a large number of educational institutions and other livelihood institutions in the Far East to ensure the lives of these Koreans. But at that time, the Japanese were still in great influence in the Far East, and brainwashed and threatened the local Koreans, inciting the Koreans in the Far East to become Japanese spies.
Russian October Revolution oil paintings
Due to the intervention of many forces, the Far East became very chaotic at that time, and even terrorist attacks occurred in Vladivostok. Stalin When he learned that these North Koreans were so dishonest, he was very angry and carried out a "great purge" operation on the North Koreans in the Far East, which resulted in the death penalty of thousands of local Koreans. Among them are many Koreans who participated in the October Revolution.
Koreans during the migration process
Korean people lived in such a turbulent society until 1937. In 1937, Japan launched the Lugou Bridge Incident and started a full-scale invasion of China. At this time, Northeast China had been fully occupied by Japan. Only the soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army insisted on guerrilla warfare, and Stalin also felt an unprecedented crisis after the Japanese invasion of China.
Russian War
At that time, Germany on the Western Front was about to move, and the Soviet-German non-aggression treaty had not been signed. Although Germany has not yet begun any military operations, the fascist alliance has been formed. Stalin was worried that the Far East would become Japan's next target, and it was difficult for the North Koreans to control the 250,000. So Stalin made a decision that affected the fate of these Koreans, that is, collective migration.
Starting from 1937, Stalin moved most of the Koreans from the Far East to far Central Asia, but the extremely harsh environment on the train led to more than 20,000 Koreans died during the migration process. Finally, after about a year of migration, in 1938, all of these Koreans moved to Central Asia's Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan .
The migration process of Koreans (not representing the specific route)
At that time, Central Asia was a place where war criminals were exiled, and the conditions were very different. Not to mention a residence, even a shack requires many people to live together. And after the migration was completed, Stalin wanted to use culture to completely assimilate these Koreans, so that they could lose their consciousness of belonging to their own nation.
Stalin ordered these North Koreans not to leave Central Asia and let them all learn Russian. The use of Korean and the preservation of your own culture is prohibited. Over time, these North Koreans were completely assimilated into Soviets, and many strange mixed names were born during this period, such as " Alexander Min " and so on.
Koreans are holding activities
With the hard work of the Korean people, the land environment in Central Asia has been greatly improved. The grain output has finally kept up with the supply, and the Central and Soviet Union have gradually assimilated over the years and have completely trusted the North Koreans here. And once again granted these people Soviet nationality, and since then these North Koreans have completely settled their homes in Central Asia.
Why do these Koreans say that they can’t go back if they have a home?
But the good times did not last long. In 1991, , the Soviet Union collapsed . These Koreans in Central Asia have become rootless duckweed. They are neither Soviets nor local Kazakhs. The poor Koreans completely lost their sense of identity. Their ancestors were still a country when they left their homes, but now they are divided into North Korea and South Korea. Moreover, the relationship between the two countries is very tense and the social systems are completely different. North Korea said that South Korea is "a lackey of corrupt capitalist ." South Korea said that North Korea is "a brutal dictatorial country."
Report on the collapse of China in 1991
This made the Koreans "have a home but cannot go back" - they did not know whether they belong to North Korea or South Korea. Ideally, they were split from the Soviet Union and should be more inclined toward socialist North Korea.
South Korea and North Korea "cross the line and govern"
But because South Korea was much richer than North Korea at that time, many Korean chaebols set their sights on these overseas fellows. These Korean chaebols knew that the local Koreans were familiar with the environment and Russian. So they cooperated with them to carry out trade with Central Asia and made a lot of benefits.
Kazakh nation's appearance
In this process, South Korean chaebols also tried their best to amend South Korean laws and granted Korean nationality to many Koreans who want to return to their roots.
To this day, there are actually a large number of Koreans in Central Asia, with a total of as many as 350,000. They have been completely assimilated by the local Turkic and Kazakh ethnic groups. A new life began in Central Asia.
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