List of Koryo-saram

This is a list of Koryo-saram, also known as Soviet Koreans—the descendants of Korean immigrants to the Russian Far East who were deported to Central Asia in 1937.

In academia

• Viktor Aleksandrovich Em, Professor, Doctor of Economy, Head of Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration.
• German Kim, head of the Department of Korean Studies at Al-Farabi University, Kazakhstan, and a leading scholar in the history of Koryo saram.

In business

• Vladimir Kim, billionaire businessman from Kazakhstan.
• Svetlana Kim, American businesswoman of Koryo-saram origin.[1]

In cultural fields

• Alexander Kan, North Korea-born Russian-language fiction writer, born in Pyongyang, North Korea.
• Anatoly Andreevich Kim, Russian-language fiction writer [2].
• Marina Kim, TV news anchor and journalist from Kyrgyzstan.
• Roman Kim, one of the top contestants on Kazakhstani entertainment programme SuperStar KZ.
• Yuliy Kim, singer, songwriter.
• Dragon Lee (Vyachaslev Yaksysnyi), actor and practitioner of Taekwondo and hapkido, born in North Korea.
• Lyudmila Nam, Kazakhstan-born Russian mezzo-soprano.
• Nikolai Shin, Uzbekistani painter.
• Lavrenti Son, Russian and Korean-language playwright.
• Anita Tsoy, popular singer-songwriter.
• Viktor Tsoi, son of a Koryo-saram father and a Russian mother, lead singer of the Russian band Kino and a major figure in the development of the Soviet rock scene in the 1980s.^[1]

In military

• Yury Pavlovich Em, Russian Major General, Hero of the Russian Federation (conferred May 6, 2000). His father, Dyun Wo Em, is a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner.^[2][3]
• Yevgeny Ivanovich Kim (February 27, 1932—November 1998), KGB colonel. Once Hero of the Soviet Union (conferred December 21, 1987; Ukaz № 11562).^[4]
• Vyacheslav Il'ich Kim, Russian Major General, Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet.^[5][6]
• Aleksandr Pavlovich Min, Soviet military captain. Once Hero of the Soviet Union (conferred Mar 24, 1945) and Order of Lenin recipient.^[7][8]
• Oleg Grigoryevich Tsoy, Soviet Air Force officer and test pilot, Hero of the Russian Federation (conferred Apr 16, 1997; Ukaz № 358).^[9][10][11]
• Boris Aleksandrovich Yugay, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.^[12]

In politics

• Vitaly Fen, Uzbekistan's ambassador to South Korea since November 12, 1999.
• Valery Kan, the youngest person ever elected to the Ussuriysk Duma.
• Alexandra Kim, the first Korean communist.
• Kim Byeong Hwa (Ким Пен Хва /김병화), twice Hero of Socialist Labor and four times Order of Lenin recipient.^[13]
• Georgy Vladimirovich Kim, former Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan (January 29, 2002 – February 25, 2003). Now deputy Prosecutor General – Chairman of the Committee on Legal Statistics and Special Accounting of the Republic of Kazakhstan.^[14]
• Kim Gyong Chun (金擎天/김경천), leading anti-White Army partisan leader in Siberia during the Russian Civil War.^[15]
• Kim Jong-il, leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, born in Vyatskoye.
• Mikhail Kim, delegate to the 17th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union [3].
• Sergey Tsoy, Moscow Mayor press-secretary

In sports

• Mikhail An, Soviet international footballer.
• Nellie Kim, Olympic gold medal gymnast, born in Shurab, Tajikistan to a Korean father and Tatar mother.
• Eduard Son, Soviet footballer, Soviet Top League champion in 1988
• Kostya Tszyu, Australian boxer of Russian, Korean and Mongol descent, born in Serov, Russia.
• Sergey Tsoy, Uzbek Olympic swimmer. [4]
• Denis Ten, Kazakh Olympic figure skater.

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