▶ From Primorsky Krai to Russia, and again to Central Asia Korean Russian diaspora's 100 years
In September 1937, Stalin's regime displaced 17,000 Korean Russians in Primorsky Krai to Central Asia. It took their freight train 50 days to travel 6,000 km to a barren wilderness, where they cultivated the land and planted the seeds from home.
Over the course of 80 years after that, Korean language, history, and people slowly faded from Korean Russians' memories.
From Primorsky Krai to Russia, and again to Central Asia, Korean Russians of Uzbekistan lived their life in diaspora.
However, there was one part of life that they could not forget. Their food.
Their food culture has been passed down from generation to generation, and their dining table tells the stories of Korean Russians' life and history.