Кузин А.Т

The article is devoted to the challenges of the vital device of the Korean population, which was left by Japanese on southern Sakhalin after the war. Based on archival documents features of introduction of the Soviet laws regulating a post-war life, character of mutual relations of time Japanese civil authorities and the Soviet military-civil control system, difficulty of food crisis, monetary the reference are shown. In the centre of attention are the questions of discrimination of the Korean population and international enmity on Sakhalin Koreans and Japanese, and also post-war repatriation.

This article is dedicated to the completely unexplored problem of the only national village council existing in Northern Sakhalin, after Japanese occupation release in May 1925. Based on archival documents, unconventional conclusions about political mood of the regional population is given. The features of formation of local councils with Korean – former Japanese subjects, are shown.