Koryo-saram
Sign in to saveKoryo-saram ( ; , ) or Koryoin (; ) are ethnic Koreans of the mainland former Soviet Union who descend from Koreans who lived in the Russian Far East.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Koryo-saram
- Ethnic group.caption
- Koryo-saram in Uzbekistan (1937)
- Ethnic group.population
- About 500,000
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 174,200
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 118,450
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 87,819
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 17,094
- Ethnic group.region6
- Ukraine
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 12,711
- Ethnic group.pop7
- 2,500
- Ethnic group.pop8
- 634
- Ethnic group.pop9
- 400
- Ethnic group.pop10
- 208
- Ethnic group.pop11
- 62
- Ethnic group.langs
- Russian, Koryo-mar
- Ethnic group.rels
- Orthodox Christianity along with Buddhism, Protestantism, Catholicism, Islam and others
- Ethnic group.related c
- Koreans, Sakhalin Koreans
- Chinese.hangul
- 고려사람
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24 sectionsContents
- Autonym
- History
- Immigration to the Russian Far East and Siberia
- Deportation to Central Asia
- Liberation and division of Korea
- Current status
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Central Asia
- Return migration to Korea
- Culture
- Cuisine
- Personal and family names
- Patronymics
- Surnames of married women
- Generation names
- Language
- Tourism
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- Census data
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Koryo-saram ( ; , ) or Koryoin (; ) are ethnic Koreans of the mainland former Soviet Union who descend from Koreans who lived in the Russian Far East.
Koreans began settling in the Russian Far East in the late 19th century. Their numbers increased as Koreans fled the Japanese colonization of Korea beginning in 1910. A number of Koryo-saram became significant Korean independence activists, such as Hong Beom-do and Chŏng Sangjin. In 1937, they were all deported to Central Asia. They have since dispersed throughout the former Soviet Union, with significant populations in Siberia, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.
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