Karatal Korean History Center

History museum in Ushtobe, Kazakhstan

Karatal District Korean History Center

Location| Ushtobe, Kazakhstan
Coordinates| 45°16′13″N 77°59′29″E﻿ / ﻿45.2702°N 77.9915°E﻿ / 45.2702; 77.9915
Type| Local ethnic history museum

The Karatal District Korean History Center[a] is a local and ethnic history museum dedicated to the Korean community in Karatal District. It is located in Ushtobe, Kazakhstan.[1]

Koreans of the mainland former Soviet Union are called Koryo-saram. They descend from populations of Koreans who were forced to move from the Russian Far East to Central Asia in 1937.[1]

## History[edit]

The founder of the museum is Korean-American missionary Helen Park (Хелена; Пак Хи Джин; 박히진).[1] In 2003, Park and her husband moved as missionaries to Russia. However, her husband passed away while they lived in St. Petersburg. Kim moved to Almaty, Kazakhstan to participate in the building of a missionary center.[1][2] In Kazakhstan, she gathered donations to build a teaching facility for the Korean and English languages. Her students ended up successfully moving to South Korea for work.[1] Upon hearing the story of how the Koryo-saram were once forced to move to Kazakhstan and given so few resources to start their new lives that they had to dig burrows out of the frozen ground with their bare hands (location of this is now at the Kazakhstan–Korea Friendship Park), she felt motivated to share their story.[1] After suffering from a stroke in 2017, she began work on preparing the museum.[1] She received help from a number of people she met and fellow members of the Christian community.[1]

## Description[edit]

There are both indoor and outdoor exhibits in the museum. One room is for watching historical films, which also contains books, photographs, and other historical materials. Another room contains household items, Korean clothing, letters, and newspapers.[1]

In the courtyard, there are a number of recreated and authentic exhibits that demonstrate the daily life of the Koreans in Karatal.[1][3] An original house that a Korean lived in was moved onto the museum grounds. There is an oven, a rice pounder, and a recreated burrow. There is an original thatched roof hut.[1]

The museum managers, notably Helen Park, have been known to give tours to visitors to the surrounding area, to demonstrate where the Koreans engaged in various activities, such as growing rice.[4]

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Tatar: Қаратал Ауданы Корей Халқының Тарихи Кешені, romanized: Qaratal Audanı Korey Xalqınıñ Tarixi Keşani; Russian: Исторический Комплекс Корейцев Каратальского Района, romanized: Istorichesky Kompleks Koreytsev Karatal'skogo Rayona; Korean: 까라딸지역 고려인 역사단지

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Музей истории коре сарам в Уштобе". KOREANS.KZ (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
2. ^ "[코칭칼럼] 우슈토베의 리더 헬렌". 프라임경제 (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
3. ^ "민주평화통일자문회의". www.puac.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
4. ^ "<국외조사> 카자흐스탄 고려인 집거지 우슈토베, 바슈토베 및 박박티 조사". kdiaspora.knu.ac.kr. Retrieved 2024-02-02.

## External links[edit]

* #135 카자흐스탄 / 한국에서 5천km 떨어진 한국인 마을 방문기 on YouTube – 10:05, a South Korean travel YouTuber visits the museum and is given a tour through it
* Исторический комплекс корейцев Каратальского района. 2022.@yuriy.shek on YouTube – A slideshow of pictures of the museum

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Koryo-saram

History|

* Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945)
* Korean independence movement
* Shinhanchon (1911–1937)
* Gwoneophoe (1911–1914)
* Korean Socialist Party (1918–1921)
* Korean Independence Army (1920–1921)
* Korean Northern Army Command (1920)
* Maki Mirage (1920–1945)
* Shinhanchon Incident (1920)
* Free City Incident (1921)
* Deportation of Koreans in the Soviet Union (1937)
* August Faction Incident (1956)

Culture|

| Language|

* Koryo-mar
* Cyrillization of Korean
* North Korean standard language
* Yukjin dialect

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Cuisine|

* Begodya
* Funchoza
* Khe
* Kuksu
* Morkovcha
* Pukjai
* Siryak-tyamuri

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Communities|

* Kazakhstan
* Almaty
* Russia
* Birobidzhan
* Korean Cultural Center, Ussuriysk
* Ukraine

| In South Korea|

* Central Asia Street
* Ttaetgol Village
* Gwangju Koryoin Village
* Hambak Village
* Texas Street

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Historic sites|

* Karatal Korean History Center
* Kazakhstan–Korea Friendship Park (Bastobe)

Organizations|

| Newspapers|

* Haejo Sinmun (1908)
* Taedong Kongbo (1908–1910)
* Taeyangbo (1911)
* Kwŏnŏp Sinmun (1912–1914)
* Ch'ŏnggu Sinbo (1917–1919)
* Koryo Ilbo (1923–)

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* All Nations Baptist Church
* Cafe Lily
* Korean Theatre of Kazakhstan

Notable people|

* Aleksandr Min
* Alexandra Kim
* Cho Ki-chon
* Chŏng Sang-chin
* German Kim
* Ho Ka-i
* Hong Beom-do
* Kim Pen Hwa
* Tatyana Bakalchuk
* Viktor Tsoi
* Vitalii Kim
* Vladimir Kim
* Yevgeny Kim

Media|

* Hanaan
* Koryo Saram: The Unreliable People
* Sen-bong (Avangard: Koreyskiy Kolkhoz)

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