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The Contemporary Status of the Ethnic Group in Kazakhstan and the Koryoin's Nation

Jinhye Lee 1

1일본학술진흥원

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ABSTRACT

The Koryoin were Koreans in the former Soviet Union, who had originally migrated from the Joseon peninsula to the far East, then under the Russian Empire. They were an ethnic minority group in the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Koryoin became a minority group in each of the independent nations. In other words, the Koryoin ethnic group is now variously known as Russia’s Koryoin, Uzbekistan’s Koryoin, and Kazakhstan’s Koryoin. Influenced by the political system and the national policies in their state, their status as a single ethnic group has changed. For a comprehensive understanding of the contemporary Koryoin community, with a focus on those in Kazakhstan, this paper examines the evolving definition of national and ethnic groups during the Russian Empire, and Soviet and post-Soviet periods and the possibility of multi-ethnic symbiosis and multiculturalism in Kazakhstan. Additionally, we examine the characteristics and status of the Kazakhstan Koryoin community through comparisons with other ethnic minorities in Kazakhstan.

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