Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 222



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#222 They say they won’t hit you

It’s a situation where women in their own country yearn for a country that was at war not so long ago, and their blood boils, so their wish is to marry them and leave their homeland?

“We zebushkas (ladies) can’t do that! “Stop saying nonsense!”

“I’m sorry, but I’m just telling you the reality.”

“Holy shit! Sucks!”

Even double insults finally came out of the mouth of the highest authority in the Soviet Union.

If something similar had happened during Stalin’s time, many people would have been executed or taken to a concentration camp, but the reporter’s face was still calm.

This was a marked difference from Stalin’s time.

Even when Khrushchev got angry, he rarely punished innocent people, so if he did his job properly, he didn’t have to fear as much as he used to.

“why! Although we in the USSR have a bit of a shortage of men, why do our zebushkas hope to marry Karei bastards! why!”

“That’s right! “Does this make me hot too?”

“Who isn’t? Probably sane zebushkas wouldn’t do that. Things that can’t learn and have ugly faces… … .”

“comrade! That’s a bit… … .”

When someone made a disparaging comment about my appearance, I went out of my way to stop him.

No matter how angry you are, it is not okay to belittle someone based on their appearance.

In any society, there are people like this.

“What I said is clear.”

“So why! “Why do our sane wives and children look up to those Caray guys!”

“Comrade Secretary-General, many of our Soviet citizens lived in our territory lost in the last war.”

“hmm? Well, it was… … .”

“The majority of them chose South Korea over our Soviet Union during the one-year nationality selection period. Why did they do that? In our official investigation, they clearly chose South Korea of ​​their own volition, right? “There is no coercion or threat.”

“… … .”

This is a very painful story for the Soviet Union.

Residents living east of the Ural Mountains were clearly given freedom of choice of nationality.

That too for one year.

No, the problem was that they were given a year-long selection period.

Unlike the Manchurian region, Siberia is an area extremely underpopulated.

Therefore, the Korean government roasted and boiled its residents during the one-year nationality selection period.

However, there was no special treatment.

They simply provided the things that citizens of the Republic of Korea should naturally enjoy.

They even very kindly let us know that for the time being, there would be significant discrimination against them, just like the existing Japanese or Manchurian nationals.

However, the ‘basic things that should be enjoyed as citizens of the Republic of Korea’ were heaven and earth different from what they received from the state when they lived as Soviet citizens.

Those were the days.

World War I, the Russian Revolution, the Red-White Civil War, and then the Great Patriotic War.

And finally, it was the time when there was a war with Korea.

And in the meantime, Stalin made people live in fear, plucking at people from time to time as if they were flies.

Moreover, the Soviet residents east of the Ural Mountains were actually treated as second-class citizens within the Soviet Union, except for a few large cities.

So it was as obvious as fire how poor and difficult their lives were.

In that situation, they said that the area they lived in had been transferred to Korea and that they would give them a year to live there and make a choice.

At first, I thought this was all nonsense.

Most of the people worked in primary industries such as agriculture, and the rest were low-level workers.

I heard that if you don’t starve, you will live well, and if you eat well, it will be a lucky day.

At least we were lucky that the Holodomor (Голодомор. Holodomor) did not occur as a great famine like in the Ukraine.

In Ukraine, it is widely believed that 3 million people starved to death during the great famine, and estimates were as high as 10 million or more.

Ukraine is said to have the most fertile land in the world.

In a situation like this, what good is the country to the majority of the people?

I thought they were all the same whether on one side or the other.

However, I still wanted to live in the land where I had lived my whole life, so I decided to try living there for a year.

Almost all of the people decided to adopt Soviet nationality and migrate to the west of the Ural Mountains in order to survive if the situation was even worse than that of Stalin.

But what is this?

The soldiers in charge of military administration, military civilians, and Korean civil servants dispatched from the mainland had different thoughts.

Now you say you are a citizen of the Republic of Korea, but aren’t you treating yourself as if you were your master?

Then, if they were hungry, they would provide food, and if they were sick, they would treat them.

Within just a few months of becoming citizens of the Republic of Korea, the people of the former Soviet Union no longer had to be hungry or sick for the first time in their lives.

That wasn’t all.

Once the minimum level of food, clothing and shelter was resolved, heavy equipment was rushed around to solve their long-awaited projects, including improving the living environment.

And the children received good books and were able to study to their heart’s content in good facilities.

At the same time, the military authorities of the Republic of Korea said that in Korea, you can study as much as you want, and you can choose any career path you want and get ahead in life.

In short, there was hope to escape from the cycle of poverty that had bound them like a prison sentence.

No, they have long since thrown away the poverty they thought about in the past.

Now the only thing that mattered was how much more humanly I could live happily.

But did you get shot in the head?

Go back to being that horrible Soviet people?

Of the approximately 11 million Soviet citizens living east of the Ural Mountains, only a very small number had chosen Soviet nationality at the end of the year.

Here, at the time of the previous negotiations, in order to prevent family separation, there was a clause that allowed either side of the negotiation to invite and relocate immediate and fourth-degree relatives living on the other side.

Due to this provision, after one year, 3 million Soviet people who had been living west of the Ural Mountains for a while moved to the east of the Ural Mountains.

“There is no separate heaven! “Trust me and come here quickly!”

“Oh, so you said it’s real? Won’t you know it when you see my face? Have you ever seen me gain this much weight? “Is there one?”

When they were pushed in like that, the Soviet Union was taken aback and South Korea was taken aback as well.

The Soviet Union was already in a mess because there were no people, and the thought of escaping from there again was driving me crazy, and South Korea was having a hard time coping with the influx of invited immigrants at once, larger than expected.

In the end, it was resolved only after the relocation period was adjusted and a large support team arrived from the mainland of the Korean Peninsula. In any case, this was a very painful case for the Soviet government.

It was an act of turning away from the country because its citizens liked the enemy they had been fighting against not long ago.

However, the person reporting came forward, picking the painful spot.

“Why are you bringing that up again?”

“At the time, immigration eligibility was limited to those within the fourth degree of consanguinity, but relatives and acquaintances who were greater than the fourth degree continued to keep in touch with them. “This is also according to the agreement.”

“so?”

“So it was inevitable that rumors would spread about how the people who moved there lived.”

“you… … .”

“Yes, Comrade Secretary.”

“Are you testing my patience now? I know! I mean, those Carays eat well and live well! “What does that have to do with our female comrades?”

“Why doesn’t it matter? “Did you know that a large number of our female comrades who settled in Korea have married them?”

“So, so?”

“Rumors are spreading that they are married and living well. “It’s out of control.”

“what?”

“It’s true.”

“ha! “It’s so crazy!”

“… … .”

This place was overflowing with women.

On the other hand, in the Republic of Korea, most of the soldiers or civil servants involved in military administration were men, so almost all of them were men.

So, if there was no affection between men and women, it would have been even more strange.

In addition, there were an unusually large number of unmarried men among the members of the expedition team.

It was difficult to find Korean women of this era who met their already Westernized aesthetic standards, but women from the Soviet Union were different.

Like a common joke in their era, Kim Tae-hee is really plowing the fields and Song Hye-kyo is milking the milk.

No, there was no need to target the women who plowed the fields and milked the milk.

The well-educated and prosperous elf-class maidens from major cities such as Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk, just east of the border of the Ural Mountains, and Omsk, a little to the rear, were looking at them with envy.

The expeditionary force had, on average, a better physique than the Slavs of this era.

In addition, all members of the expeditionary force were at least executive level at this time, regardless of affiliation.

Because of this, he had no choice but to be seen as a hottie by Soviet girls who were exhausted from the war and had no one to date because their young Soviet selves had dried up.

There was also a widespread sense of crisis among the expeditionary forces that they might die of old age as old bachelors, but with the elf-level beauties, even by modern standards, and the young beauties rushing in, it was a situation they had no choice but to overcome.

Of course, the expedition members were older, but they did not just judge them based on their appearance.

Crucially, it was a great advantage for Soviet wives and children not to have to explain their origins in detail.

It was not uncommon for some of the expeditionary force members to date Korean wives and women of this era and things turned out well.

However, there were many cases where marriage talks broke down even as they proceeded, because there was no way to explain their origins.

They are simply known as the ‘Ganggye people’.

However, when considering marriage, a situation arises where one has no choice but to explain one’s origins not only to the other person at the time but also to the other person’s parents, and that is impossible to explain.

Moreover, as the relationship deepened, and as the expedition team received training on things to be careful about, in the end, most of them broke up due to fatigue.

However, Soviet wives were different.

There was no need to explain anything to them.

If my last name is Park, how would I know if I am Park, Miryang Park or Bannam Park?

Moreover, since language was not well communicated, it was easy to control modern knowledge and technology.

Rather, moderate lack of communication has become an advantage.

As the first brave few began to marry, and rumors spread that they were living happily ever after, the preference of Slavic beauties from the Soviet Union for Korean men increased day by day.

And now it has also influenced people from this era, to the point where one in two soldiers or civil servants stationed in Siberia is marrying a woman from the Soviet Union.

“But that only happens in Karei territory now, right? “Why is that?”

“As the rumor spread, our young wives and children began to look up to them. What this means is that the number of women and girls attempting to smuggle themselves into the country by somehow crossing the Urals is rapidly increasing.”

“what? Is that really true? “No, this damn thing is happening!”

“Really. Also, by our standards, top-ranking women have even formed a gathering and attempted to enter the country illegally… … .”

“why! “How great are they!”

“Ha, first of all, there is the advantage of being able to live in abundance financially, but they say there are other reasons as well.”

“What is that?”

“They say they won’t hit you.”

“what? What are you talking about?”

“It means that Karay guys never hit women.”

“Well, does that make sense?”

“It’s possible. “They said that if you hit someone, you will be severely punished by their laws.”

“… … .”

In the 21st century, President Putin enacted a law that domestic violence cannot be punished unless only bones are broken. For the Slavic people, beating women was something they were proud of in terms of history and tradition.

But you don’t hit women?

Khrushchev had no energy to speak any more.