The Korean Socialist Party (Korean: 한인사회당) was a socialist party of Korea.[1] The party was founded in 1918 in Khabarovsk, Soviet Russia.[1][2] In April 1919, the party merged with the Korean Democratic Corps (대한신민단; 大韓新民團) at the second representative congress of Korean Socialist Party.[3][5] And in 1921, the party merged with Korean communist groups of Irkutsk and was renamed as the Korean Communist Party.[5]
Korean Socialist Party | |
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| Founder | Yi Dong-hwi[1] |
| Founded | May 11, 1918[1][2] |
| Dissolved | January, 1921[1] |
| Merger of | Korean Democratic Corps[3] |
| Succeeded by | Korean Communist Party |
| Headquarters | Kalinina 18, Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Russia[4] |
| Newspaper | Jayujong[5] |
| Armed wing | Korean Red Guards[1][5] Korean Democratic Corps[3] |
| Ideology | Socialism Left wing nationalism |
| International affiliation | Comintern[1][5] |
| Korean Socialist Party | |||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||
| Hangul | 한인사회당 | ||||||
| Hanja | 韓人社會黨 | ||||||
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| Russian name | |||||||
| Russian | Корейская социалистическая партия | ||||||
The establishment of the party was supported by the local Bolshevik authority in the Russian Far East, represented by the likes of Alexander Krasnoshchyokov and Alexandra Kim.
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g Gim, Changsu (1997). "한인사회당(韓人社會黨)" [Korean Socialist Party]. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Academy of Korean Studies. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ a b "한인사회당 창당대회 개최지". Independence Movement Abroad Historic Site (in Korean). Independence Hall of Korea. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
(…) 이동휘와 김 알렉산드라 페트로브나의 주도적인 노력에 힘입어 1918년 5월 11일(양력) 하바롭스크에서 박애·이한영·김립·오하묵·오영준(오와실리) 등의 발기로 한인 최초의 사회주의 정당인 한인사회당이 탄생하게 되었다. (…)
- ^ a b c Sin, Yongha (2010-09-30). 日帝強占期韓國民族史 [Korean history under Japanese forced occupation] (in Korean). Seoul National University. p. 392. ISBN 8952103157.
- ^ "한인사회당 당간부회관 터". Independence Movement Abroad Historic Site (in Korean). Independence Hall of Korea. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ a b c d e Bak, Namil (2018-04-06). "창당 100주년: 한인 사회당, 아시아 최초로 사회주의 깃발을 들다". The socialist. Retrieved 2018-04-06.