Deportation of Koreans in the Soviet Union

Deportation means moving someone from one place to another against their will. Like when your parents ask you to clean your room and you don't want to, but they make you do it anyway.

So, a long time ago in the Soviet Union (which was a big country in Europe and Asia), there were many people who were originally from Korea. These Korean people lived in a specific part of the Soviet Union called the Far East.

But something happened, and the government of the Soviet Union decided they didn't like the Korean people living there anymore. They thought the Korean people might be spies or enemies. So, they decided to deport them all – to send them away from the Far East and to other parts of the Soviet Union.

This was really hard for the Korean people because they had to leave their homes, friends, and everything they knew. They were put on trains and sent far away. Some of them were separated from their families and friends, so it was very sad and scary for them.

The Soviet Union deported around 200,000 Korean people from the Far East to other parts of the Soviet Union. This happened in the late 1930s and early 1940s. It was a sad and difficult time for the Korean people who were affected by it.