By: Erkinova Charos
Annotation: In this article, it is stated that the Second World War, which brought destruction and destruction to the whole world, did not leave the Korean nation aside, that millions of Koreans were exiled to Uzbekistan and other countries, that Koreans got used to living in Uzbekistan and live here together with the Uzbek nation.
Key words: World War II, deportation of Koreans to Uzbekistan in 1938-1939, 183,000 displaced people, famous Koreans in Uzbekistan.
World War II… This war lived up to its name and was truly sad for the whole world. The Second World War did not “forget” any country, any people. This bloody war, which began in 1939, changed the lives of many people. No one should be left out of the “eye” of this war.
In this war, the whole family was separated from their relatives, many people sacrificed their lives, some returned to their homeland, some were exiled to other countries because of the war. How many children were orphaned.
The full damage of this war cannot be expressed in words. As we mentioned above, we can take the Koreans as an example of people who were exiled from their homeland. After World War II, the Korean nation was divided into two parts.
South Koreans and North Koreans behaved differently. According to information, in 1937-1938, the former Soviet regime forcibly relocated 74,500 Koreans from the Russian Far East to Uzbekistan. According to sources, in the middle of the night they were ordered to board the cattle trains that were taken to the peoples of Central Asia in 1937.
In 1989, Koreans were moved to the regions of Kazakhstan in addition to Uzbekistan, but most of them were in Uzbekistan. According to the 1989 report, it was known that a total of 183,000 Koreans lived in Uzbekistan.
Their number was large in Samarkand, Tashkent regions, Ferghana Valley and Karakalpakstan regions of Uzbekistan. Despite the difficulties of that time, the Uzbek people accepted them with an open heart, gave them shelter, and showed love.
Due to their hard work and strong will, the mentality of our peoples is similar; Koreans have found their second homeland in our country. They became equal citizens of Uzbekistan, active members of our society. Today, more than 180,000 Korean compatriots live in our country.
About three hundred of them have been awarded with high awards of our state. Necessary conditions have been created for our Korean compatriots, along with representatives of all nations and peoples, to preserve their national culture, language, customs and traditions.
There are dozens of Korean cultural centers. Korean philology is taught in 12 universities, 48 schools and lyceums. Books and newspapers are published in Korean, exhibitions, concerts and festivals, sports competitions are held.
The heads of state also got acquainted with the exhibition of works of Korean artists from Uzbekistan. including rooms. It will enrich our shared culture and become another destination that the public and young people aspire to.
This day will be another bright page in the history of relations between Uzbekistan and South Korea. Citizens contributed to the national economy, science and culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The most famous of them are: A. Shin, W. Kim, artists N. Shin and N. Pak, ballet soloist V. Yugai, composer I. Pak and conductor A. Pak, winner of the World Boxing Cup W. Shin. . . Agricultural organizer, two-time Hero of Socialist Labor Kim Penghwa, public figures W. Feng and W. Zheng became famous.
In the 1990s, Viktor Zhen was the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Chairman of the State Committee. Head of state property management and entrepreneurship support of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Later, he moved to Russia, where he worked as the director of the All-Russian Aluminum-Magnesium Institute in St. Petersburg. is managing the representative office. On May 27, 2017, the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan approved V. Fen as the head of the diplomatic corps of the Republic of Uzbekistan in South Korea.
Valery Tian worked as the general director of the National Air Company. “Uzbekistan Airlines” in 2002-2017. He was a senator of the Oliy Majlis in 2010-2015 and 2015-2020. In April 2020, he was appointed the deputy chairman of the Committee on International Relations and Friendship with Foreign Countries under the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan.
2017 since August, D. Lee has been working as the director of the National Project Management Agency under the President worked as a chief. The Republic of Uzbekistan, later in June 2018, D. Lee headed the Chess Federation of Uzbekistan. In June 2018, D. Lee was appointed the head of the Chess Federation of the Republic of Uzbekistan. A. Shin, a well-known representative of the Korean diaspora, was elected as a deputy of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan from Tashkent in 2015, and on October 19, 2017, A. Shin was appointed chairman.
Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Ministry of Preschool Education. Over the past years, Koreans have gradually assimilated into the Uzbek people, and we can call them “Uzbek” Koreans in Uzbekistan.
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