Settlement of Koreans in Karaganda's coal-basin in the 2 half of 1930 years

The article is devoted to the process of settlement of Koreans in Kazakhstan in 1930s. The problem of deportation during Stalin's period still remains one of the actual subjects of historical research. Deportation was not an invention of Stalin's leadership. The forced migration of the whole peoples took place even before the establishment of the Soviet Union and in the 20 century in the so called democratic countries of Europe and USA as well. However, the processes which took place in 1930s, undoubtedly require the modern reasonable study approaches. One of the first peoples deported to the republic were Koreans. Under the decree of SNK USSR and CK VKP "About deportation of Korean population from the territories bordering Far East regions" as of August 21, 1937, one more political action of the forced deportation was realized. In the end of October of the same year the People's comissar of internal affairs of the USSR Yezhov in his letter addressed to Molotov V.M., the chairman of SNK, wrote that on October 25, 1937 the deportation of Koreans from Far East areas was completed. According to this document, 36442 families or 171781 people were sent out of the area. 16272 families (76535 people) out of them were accommodated in Uzbek SSR and 20170 families (95256 people) - in Kazakh SSR. 3073 families (76535 people) were deported to Karaganda region where they were allocated in all districts of the region. Almost all the departments were involved in the preparation to the arrival of the deported people. Karaganda Oblpotrebsoyuz (Regional consumers' union) and Obltorg (Regional trade department) were assigned to organize a chain of shops and kiosks in the places of migrants' settlement and the stations of their unloading, and supply them with food and household provision. Oblzdravotdel (Regional public health department) had to make sanitary treatment of migrants and provide the medical equipment for them. In its turn, Oblono (Regional department of public education) was assigned to involve all Korean children into the education process, and even to open new schools in areas where they didn't exist before. Because initially the points of location of Korean villages' economic centers were unknown, the construction of the planned objects for the migrants' settlement was not performed. Thus, the social and living conditions of Koreans sent to Kazakhstan in the second half of 1930th years are reconstructed in the article. The number of the contingent, their living conditions, medical and cultural service, and meals conditions are presented. The process of social-living and economic adaptation of Koreans in the republic is considered.

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