Soviet Civil Administration in Korea

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Soviet military administration military government occupation authority

The Soviet Civil Administration in Korea was the Soviet military government that controlled and oversaw the northern part of the Korean Peninsula after Japan’s surrender in World War II, laying the groundwork for the establishment of North Korea.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Soviet Civil Administration (North)	1
Soviet Civil Administration in North Korea	1
Soviet Civil Administration in northern Korea	1
Soviet occupation of northern Korea	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet military administration ⓘ military government ⓘ occupation authority ⓘ
aim	administration of former Japanese-occupied territory ⓘ creation of a friendly socialist regime in northern Korea ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Korean Peninsula north of the 38th parallel ⓘ northern Korea ⓘ
capital	Pyongyang ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
contributedTo	establishment of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ⓘ formation of North Korea ⓘ
counterpart	United States Army Military Government in Korea ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
endTime	1948 ⓘ
establishedBy	Red Army ⓘ Soviet armed forces ⓘ surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
followedBy	North Korea ⓘ surface form: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea North Korea ⓘ
follows	Japanese colonial empire ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Japanese rule in Korea ⓘ
governmentType	one-party socialist administration ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Pyongyang ⓘ
historicalEvent	World War II ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post–World War II era ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ communism ⓘ
implementedPolicy	land reform in northern Korea ⓘ nationalization of major industries ⓘ suppression of pro-Japanese collaborators ⓘ
languageUsed	Korean ⓘ Russian ⓘ
legalSystem	Soviet-influenced legal system ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Korea Standard Time ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved	Red Army ⓘ surface form: Soviet Army
opposedBy	Korean nationalists opposed to communism ⓘ United States government ⓘ
partOf	Allied occupation of Korea ⓘ Cold War origins in East Asia ⓘ Soviet sphere of influence ⓘ
promotedLeader	Kim Il Sung ⓘ
reasonForEstablishment	Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ surface form: Japanese surrender in World War II
significantEvent	creation of separate northern and southern administrations ⓘ division of Korea at the 38th parallel ⓘ
startTime	1945 ⓘ
supported	Korean communists ⓘ Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ surface form: Workers’ Party of North Korea
usedCurrency	Korean yen ⓘ North Korean won ⓘ surface form: North Korean won (early issues)

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

USAMGIK → coexistsWith → Soviet Civil Administration in Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Civil Administration in northern Korea

Korea under Japanese rule → followedBy → Soviet Civil Administration in Korea ⓘ

United States Army Military Government in Korea → relatedTo → Soviet Civil Administration in Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Civil Administration in North Korea

Governor-General of Korea → replacedBy → Soviet Civil Administration in Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Civil Administration (North)

Soviet–Japanese War (1945) → result → Soviet Civil Administration in Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet occupation of northern Korea