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¡ãMigrationrouteofKoryo-SaramtoCentralAsia.
¡ãKoryo-Saramareforcedtomigrate.
HistoryofKoryo-Saram¡¯smigration
In1863,Koreans(Koryo-Saram)begantomovetoRussia.Someofthemwereimmigrantsforagriculturalpurposes,andsomeof
themwantedtoavoidJapanesesurveillanceandtocarryontheKoreanindependencemovement.
In1937,theywereforcedtomovetoCentralAsiabecauseofStalin¡¯sharshsegregationanddiscriminationpolicies.Atthattime,
thenumberofKoryo-Saramwas175,000,ofwhich11,000diedduringforcedmigration.However,theKoryo-Saramhavepioneered
thewildernessofCentralAsia,becomingtherichestethnicminorityintheSovietUnion.
In 1992, when the Soviet Union collapsed and separated into 11 independent states, an exclusive nationalist movement spread
intheCentralAsiancountryinhabitedbyKoryo-Saram.Asaresult,Koryo-Saramweredismissedanddeported,puttingthemina
difficulteconomicsituation.Thus,thenumberofthemmovingbacktotheMaritimeTerritoryofRussiaincreased.
In 2005, about 200,000 Koryo-Saram lived in Uzbekistan. In addition, Koryo-Saram live in Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Ukraine,andTurkmenistan.
Koryo-marusage
ThenumberofKoryo-marusersissignificantlysmallcomparedtoabout400,000Koryo-Saram.ThereasonforthisisthatKoryo-
marskillsgenerallyvarydependingontheperiodofmigrationtoCentralAsia.Also,thereasonisthatasgenerationspassby,they
learnanduselocallanguagesratherthanKoryo-mar.AccordingtoKwakChung-gu,emeritusprofessorofSogangUniversity,in¡°The
Data and Research of Koryo-mar in Central Asia(2007)¡± Koryo-Saram aged 70 or older in Central Asia use the Koryo-mar in their
dailyliveswithKoryo-Saramofthesameage.Koreansaged50-60canunderstandandspeakthebeginner-levelofKoryo-mar,but
theyroutinelyspokeRussian.Ontheotherhand,teenagersdidnotspeakKoryo-maratall.
HistoryandChangeofKoryo-mar
Until 1937, just before World War II, the language used by Koryo-Saram in Russia¡¯s Far East was the dialect of North
HamgyongProvinceontheKoreanPeninsula.
Aftertheforcedmigration,BannerofLenin(nowtheKoryoIlbo),anewspaperoftheKoryo-Saram,andKoryoTheater
(Korea Theater), which performed in Koryo-mar, were reconstructed in Central Asia to take the lead in the use and
disseminationoftheKoreanlanguage.ButthesewereineffectiveforthesecondgenerationofKoryo-Sarambecausethey
were socializing. They were able to learn the basic grammar of Koryo-mar at school and learn colloquialisms through
conversationswiththeirgrandparentsorparentsathome.However,therewereonlyafewofthesepeople,andmostofthe
Koryo-SaramspeakRussianmainlyfromtheSovietera.
BeforetheSovietera,theKoryo-SaramusedthewordsKoryo-SaramandKoryo-mar.However,duringtheSovietera,it
was called Joseon-Saram and the people, Joseon-mar, which means North Korea. After the collapse of the Soviet Union,
they reused the term ¡°Koryo¡± to distinguish themselves from Korean compatriots in other regions and to include the
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