Soviet Culture and Soviet Koreans (1920-1930)

The author examines the problems of proletarian (Soviet) culture, its inception, and activities of the creative intelligentsia of Soviet Koreans. In the USSR, the leaders paid great attention to the liquidation of illiteracy, youth education, and the formation of Soviet Korean culture in the years 1920-1930. During this period, Soviet authorities opened two pedagogical colleges and teachers’ training institutes, and newspapers and magazines were published in the Korean language, along with the selected works of Korean Proletarian writers. Soviet cultural policy contributed to the development of Korean Culture. In 1932, Soviet Koreans created the Korean theater; artists, musicians, painters, and poets appeared among Korean youth.