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All photos are part of the Archive of Korean Diaspora at the University of Michigan Center for Korean Studies.

Some of these photos are frame grabs, the resolution will be 300ppi at approximately 3 inches wide.


10-group49366.tif –
11-Koreanfamily.tif – A Korean family in Far East Russia c. 1930
12-partisans5.tif –
13-train_route_map.jpg – The probable route of the deportation.
14-ushtobe_hill.jpg – The hillside called “Bastobe” where many Koreans spent two harsh winters in the open, digging holes in the ground for homes. Photo by Y. David Chung.
15-mountainside.jpg – The open steppe country in winter in Kazakhstan. Photo by Y. David Chung.
16-wedding-bride.jpg – A Korean-Kazakh wedding couple, 2004. Photo by Y. David Chung.
17-crew.jpg – Meredith Woo, Zarina Akisheva and Matt Dibble on location in Kazakhstan. Photo by Y. David Chung.
18-gkim&ydchung.jpg – German Kim and Y. David Chung. Photo by Matt Dibble.
19-train-matt.jpg – Matt Dibble shooting along the deportation route. Photo by Y. David Chung.

Please contact Y. David Chung at davchung@umich.edu for any further information.

Credit Lines:
For all photos - please use - © Koryo Saram The Unreliable People

Acknowledgements -
Photos 01 - 05 - Still frames from "Kolkhoze Avant Garde", a 1946 Soviet film about a Korean collective farm -
The Central State Archive for Photography and Film Documents of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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Farmers at a Soviet collective farm in Kazakhstan, 1946.

02-avantgarde_man-177KB
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A man at a Soviet collective farm in Kazakhstan, 1946.

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Kim Man San at a Soviet collective farm in Kazakhstan, 1946.

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A woman at a Soviet collective farm in Kazakhstan, 1946.

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A woman at a Soviet collective farm in Kazakhstan, 1946.

06-dekabrinakim-sepia-116KB

Dekabrina Kim, a deportation survivor.

08-dekabrinakim-kitchen-116KB

Dekabrina Kim in her kitchen in Almaty, KZ.

09-mmkim-stalin-376KB

The 7th All Union Party Congress, Moscow. Mikhail M. Kim, a delegate from the Far East Russia, is seated in front of Joseph Stalin and next to Molotov. Mikhail M. Kim was Dekabrina's father.

10-group-2.2MB

A group of Koreans in Far East Russia c. 1930

11-korean-family-3.1MB

Hum Bung Do and his family. c 1930.

12-partisans-4MB

Korean partisans in Far East Russia c. 1925

13-train-route-1.9MB
photo description - The 4000 mile route of the deportation from Far East Russia to Central Asia © 2007 Chung & Woo

14-ushtobehill-1.9MB

15-mountainside-776KB

16-wedding-810KB

17-vladimir_ten.tif-1.4 mb
3" x 1.76" 300ppi

17-crew-1.4MB

18-gkim-dchung-ushtobe-132KB

19-train-matt-672KB

20 - ydavidchung.jpg -
3.3 in x 5 in at 300ppi