Karatal Korean History Center
history museum in Ushtobe, Kazakhstan
The Karatal District Korean History Center is a local and ethnic history museum dedicated to the Korean community in Karatal District. It is located in Ushtobe, Kazakhstan.
Koreans of the mainland former Soviet Union are called Koryo-saram. They descend from populations of Koreans who were forced to move from the Russian Far East to Central Asia in 1937.
History
The founder of the museum is Korean-American missionary Helen Park (Хелена; Пак Хи Джин; 박히진). In 2003, Park and her husband moved as missionaries to Russia. However, her husband passed away while they lived in St. Petersburg. Kim moved to Almaty, Kazakhstan to participate in the building of a missionary center. In Kazakhstan, she gathered donations to build a teaching facility for the Korean and English languages.
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