Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the number of Korean students studying abroad at Kazan Teacher’s Foreign Seminary from the end of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century among the three archives located in Kazan, the educational content, and the relationship with the Russo-Japanese War by analyzing historical data on the beginning and development of Korean Studies in Kazan through empirical documentary data and investigating the roles of graduates in the Korean community in the Far East. The research results are as follows. First, traces of Koreans in the Kazan Region from the end of the 19th century were found in the Korean-Russian dictionary of the Archives of the Kazan Federal University, and the data of the Kazan Teacher’s Foreign Seminary in the National Archives of the Republic of Tatarstan. Second, the old documents surveyed are as follows: application for admission of Koreans, documents related to dormitory life, tuition payment and receipt, curriculum by grade, graduation exam subjects and schedule, and original Russian school diploma. In particular, we think that the diploma can be recognized as a rare document. In addition, five dictionaries, including Korean-Russian dictionaries involving Korean students, were announced in 1939 by Professor Gustaf John Ramsted of Helsinki University in foreign countries, but the substance of the author was revealed this time. Third, although the number of Korean students was about 7 in the preceding study by Russian scholars, the names of 19 people were actually identified, and the total number of students was not specified in detail, but the actual number of enrolled students was searched for. Fourth, Russia was prepared for the war with Japan and the Russian-Japanese dictionary to facilitate the activities of Russian soldiers in Korea, a battlefield of the Russo-Japanese War. In addition, evidence was found that more than 7 Korean students who studied in Kazan were Russian interpreters and 4 were sent to Russian military units. Fifth, among Korean students, the first son-in-law of Jae-hyeong Choi, who had a great influence on the Korean independence movement in Russia, traces of Jacob Andreev, the first son-in-law, who studied at a teacher’s school in 1898. A socialist activist, Andrei Abramov, participated in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, and on April 18, 1918, under the leadership of his wife, Kim Alexandra Petrovna, who founded the Korean Socialist Party, along with Lee Dong-hui. We found documents about one Ogai Vasily Vasilyevich, etc.