The Soviet Civil Administration (SCA) was the government of the northern half of
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic ...
from 24 August 1945 to 9 September 1948 though governed concurrently after the setup of the
Provisional People's Committee for North Korea in 1946. Even though formally referred as «civilian» it was originally a military organization that included civilians of different professions.
It was the administrative structure that the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
used to govern what would become
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...
following the
division of Korea
The division of Korea began with the defeat of Japan in World War II. During the war, the Allied leaders considered the question of Korea's future after Japan's surrender in the war. The leaders reached an understanding that Korea would be ...
. General
Terentii Shtykov was the main proponent of setting up a centralized structure to coordinate Korean
People's Committees. The setup was officially recommended by General
Ivan Chistyakov and headed by General Andrei Romanenko in 1945 and by General Nikolai Lebedev in 1946.
Postwar period
In the postwar period between 1946–1949 the
Sakhalin
Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh ...
administration (Soviet Union) in anticipation of
Japanese evacuation of Karafuto and the Kuril Islands had allegedly established a relationship with SCA in order to secure cheap Korean workforce to be used on Sakhalin
fisheries
Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, ...
that was about to evacuate from Islands along with Japanese civilians.
By 1950 the Korean workforce grew up to 10 thousands people on Sakhalin island only.
During the Soviet occupation, Soviet soldiers committed rape against both
Japanese and
Korean women alike.
Soviet soldiers also looted the property of both Japanese and Koreans living in northern Korea.
The Soviets claimed Japanese enterprises in northern Korea and took valuable materials and industrial equipment.
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See also
*Korea under Japanese rule
Between 1910 and 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan. Joseon Korea had come into the Japanese sphere of influence with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876; a complex coalition of the Meiji government, military, and business off ...
* History of North Korea
*People's Republic of Korea
The People's Republic of Korea (PRK) was a short-lived provisional government that was organized at the time of the Surrender of Japan, surrender of the Empire of Japan at the end of World War II. It was proclaimed on 6 September 1945, as Kore ...
* Provisional People's Committee for North Korea
*United States Army Military Government in Korea
The United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK) was the official ruling body of the Southern half of the Korean Peninsula from 8 September 1945 to 15 August 1948.
The country during this period was plagued with political and eco ...
References
Korea–Soviet Union relations
History of North Korea
1945 in North Korea
1946 in North Korea
Soviet military occupations
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