We continue introducing the participants of the February 6 conference

The first session will open at 14:00 with a presentation by Vadim Sergeyevich Akulenko, Candidate of Historical Sciences and senior lecturer in the Department of Korean Studies at FEFU. He will join us from South Korea, where he has been conducting research on the diaspora of Russian-speaking compatriots for several years.

Today, around 110,000 Russian-speaking Koreans live in South Korea—people from Russia and the countries of the post-Soviet space. Koreans from Uzbekistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan are the most likely to repatriate there.

These communities are called Koryo-saram. The compact settlements of Russian-speaking Koreans are known as Koryoin-maeul. They became the core of the Russian diaspora in South Korea. At the same time, it should be noted that the term “Russian diaspora” is fairly imprecise. It refers to all Russian speakers, regardless of their nationality.                                                                                       

Vadim Sergeyevich will tell us about the image of Russia and Russians in Korea during the Joseon dynasty (1392-1897).

We look forward to seeing you on February 6 at 10:30 a.m. at 2 Nizhnyaya Radishchevskaya Street, Moscow, at the House of Russian Abroad.

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