Soviet Union-North Korea Relations

This collection of documents is about the relationship between the Soviet Union and North Korea.

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People

Kim Il Sung, 1978

Kim, Il Sung

1912- 1994

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Nam, Il

1915- 1976

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Pak, Song-chol (Pak Seong-cheol)

1913- 2008

Nikita Khrushchev at the UNGA, 1962.

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich

1894- 1971

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Puzanov, A. M.

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Moskovsky, V. P. (Vasily)

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Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

East Asia

South Korea

Japan's Itsukushima Shrine

East Asia

Japan

Pyongyang cityscape

North Korea

Pyongyang

North Korea-China friendship celebrated at the DPRK mass games

China-North Korea Relations

Portrait of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung

Conversations with Kim Il Sung

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North Korea August 1956 Plenum Incident

Press Briefing by Permanent Observer of Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the UN, 7 July 1976.

Inter-Korean Relations

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North Korea's First Five-Year Plan, 1957-1961

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Inter-Korean Relations after the War, 1954-1961

Popular Documents

March 5, 1949	Notes of the Conversation between Comrade I.V. Stalin and a Governmental Delegation from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea headed by Kim Il Sung Kim Il Sung and Stalin discuss the military and economy in North Korea, Soviet-North Korean relations, and North Korea's relations with other foreign countries.
April 1950	Record of a Conversation of Cde. Stalin with Kim Il Sung and Pak Heon-yeong Kim Il Sung and Stalin discuss the North Korean economy and Soviet-North Korean cooperation.
January 30, 1950	Telegram from Stalin to Shtykov Stalin asks Shtykov to relay a message to Kim Il Sung about North Korea's proposed offensive against South Korea and Soviet Union's request for lead from North Korea.
January 19, 1950	Telegram Shtykov to Vyshinsky on a Luncheon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK Shtykov reports a meeting with Kim Il Sung, along with Chinese and Korean delegates. Kim Il Sung expresses his view on the prospect of a liberation of the South Korean people that is to follow the Chinese success in liberation. Kim expresses his view that the South Koreans support his cause for reunification which the South Korean government does not seem to purse, and that he desires to ask Stalin for permission on an offensive action on South Korea.
September 22, 1948	Telephone Message via VCh, Kim Il Sung to Generalissimo Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin Kim praises Stalin and the USSR for its role in securing Korean independence and in negotiating with the Americans on the Korean issue

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