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Korean Diaspora in Uzbekistan. Yekaterina Song International Business & Trade 2 nd year, 1 st semester. Introduction. Korean Diaspora in Uzbekistan is the 4 th largest in the world after China, USA, and Japan. about 160.000~170.000 Koreans
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Korean Diaspora in Uzbekistan Yekaterina Song International Business & Trade 2ndyear, 1st semester
Introduction • Korean Diaspora in Uzbekistan is the 4th largest in the world after China, USA, and Japan. • about 160.000~170.000 Koreans or 0.6% of the total Uzbekistan population.
Number of Koreans by Province 8.000 1.500 130.000 5.000 3.000 3.000 11.000 2.800 1.500 9.000 6.000 1.500 1.500
First Migration Korean peninsula Russian Far East 1860s
Reasons of Migration • Crop failure caused by flood • Lack of land
Second migration (Violence repression) Russian Far East Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan 1937 autumn
Reasons for violence repression • Suspicion of spying for Japan. • Fear of loss of land • Policies for agricultural development in the Central Asian region.
What language do Koreans in Uzbekistan use? All the Koreans use Russian language as their native. Some of them also can speak: Uzbek language or/and Karakalpak, or/and some Tajik (a dialect of Iranian language) or/and some another (in case of mixed blood, 혼혈 경우) (depends on the region they grew up)
What names do Koreans in Uzbekistan have? 1st and 2nd generation (1850s~1930s) Koreans names 3rd generation (1950s) Russian & some Korean names 4th generation (1970~1990) Russian names 5th generation (1995~2011) Russian and sometimes West European names
What kind of work do Koreans in Uzbekistan do? 1st, 2nd, 3rd generations mostly farming works 4th generation farming, manual, and office work
Transformation (Russification) of Korean family names • 최씨 (Choi) => Tsoy, Tskhoy, Tskhay • 조씨 (Cho) => Tyo, Dyo • 손씨 (Son), 송씨 (Song), 성씨 (Sung), 선씨 (Sun)=> Son (손) • 정씨 (Jung) => Ten (텐) • 신씨 (Shin) => Shin, Sin
Transformation (Russification) of Korean family names • 주씨 (Ju)=> Dyu (주), Dyugay (주가이), Tszyu, Dzyu • 허씨=> He (혜), Hegay (혜가이) • 이씨 (Lee) => Li (리),Ligay (리가이), Ni (니),Nigay (니가이) • 서 (Seo) => Shae (셰), Shaegay (셰가이)
What does suffix “~gay” 가이 mean? Two versions: 1) -gay (가이) as an ending of nominative case –이 / -가 2) -gay (가이) as a combination of word “home” 家 [가] and an ending of genitive case “의”가 + 의 = 가의 eg.) Yugay Victor (Victor from family/home Yu) 유가의 Victor
As of today, Koreans have equal rights with Uzbeks. They participate in every sphere of Uzbekistan life. • Mr. Fen V.V. – Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan in South Korea • Mr. Jang (장) V.N. – Member of Senate of Supreme National Assembly of Uzbekistan; – General Director of the Uzbekistan National Airlines • Mr. Shin (신)V. N –Chief boxing coach of Uzbekistan
Mr. Chen V.A. – Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan. – Minister of Domestic Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1990~1994) • Ms. Park (박) V.B. – Member of Senate of Supreme National Assembly of Uzbekistan