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Following the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1907, Russia enacted an anti-Korean law at the behest of Japan, under which the land of Korean farmers was confiscated and Korean labourers were laid off. [22] However, Korean migration to Russia continued to grow; 1914 figures showed 64,309 Koreans (among whom 20,109 were Russian citizens).
North Korea portal; Russia portal; Politics portal "From N. Korea to Siberia, One Man's 15-Year Odyssey", Chosun Ilbo, 2008-12-10. A three-part article about a North Korean logger who escaped from a work camp in Siberia. Smith, Shane (2011-12-21), "North Korean Labor Camps", Vice Magazine, archived from the original on 2014-10-12.
Roman Park, (Aron) Rapper with the Qpop group Mad Men (Korean-Russian descent) Polina Bogusevich, singer, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017; Lomon (Park Solomon), Uzbekistan-born South Korean actor (later on chose South Korean nationality). Yury Park, Uzbekistan-born South Korean rapper, former Produce X 101 contestant (rank 42nd).
Russians in Korea; Ethnic Koreans in the former USSR. Koryo-saram, 19th-century immigrants to the Russian Far East who were later deported to Central Asia; Sakhalin Koreans, Japanese colonial-era immigrants stranded on Sakhalin when the Soviets invaded; North Koreans in Russia, citizens of North Korea who migrated to Russia after the division ...
Communities that are documented as having a significant and/or concentrated Korean population in Russia. Note that the communities may not necessarily be populated by Koryo-saram. Koryo-saram are pre-1937 Korean arrivals to Russia or the Soviet Union who were deported during the nationalities deportations in 1937.
There is a population of North Koreans in Russia on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The largest concentration of Koreans currently lives in Yelizovo. The population first came to the area as contract workers from 1946 to 1949. According to one estimate, during that time period, 50,000 North Korean workers arrived.
People who maintained citizenship of a Koreanic state (e.g. North Korea, South Korea, Korean Empire, Korea under Japanese rule) while living in Russia.May or may not be Koryo-saram and belong to Category:Koryo-saram people; depends on whether they are primarily associated with the Koryo-saram community.
Soviet Koreans may refer to: Koryo-saram, the descendants of 19th-century Korean immigrants to the Russian Far East; North Koreans in Russia. Koreans in Kamchatka, North Korean workers who migrated after World War II, and their descendants; Sakhalin Koreans, Korean subjects of the Japanese Empire who remained in the Soviet Union after World War II