Soviet Civil Administration
The Soviet Civil Administration (SCA) was the government of the northern half of Korea from 24 August 1945 to 9 September 1948 though governed concurrently after the setup of the Provisional People's Committee for North Korea in 1946. Even though formally referred as civilian administration, it was originally a military organization that included civilians of different professions.
Soviet Civil Administration in Korea | |||||||||||
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| 1945–1948 | |||||||||||
Emblem of the People's Committee
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| Anthem: 소비에트 연방 찬가 "State Anthem of the Soviet Union" (1946–1947) | |||||||||||
Location of northern Korea | |||||||||||
| Status | Military occupation | ||||||||||
| Capital | Pyongyang | ||||||||||
| Official languages | Russian, Korean | ||||||||||
| Government | Marxist–Leninist Provisional government | ||||||||||
| Head Administrator (de facto) | |||||||||||
• 1945-1948 | Terentii Shtykov | ||||||||||
| Head of the Civil Administration | |||||||||||
• 1945–1947 | Andrei Romanenko | ||||||||||
• 1947-1948 | Nikolai Lebedev | ||||||||||
| Chairman of the People's Committee | |||||||||||
• 1946-1948 | Kim Il Sung | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| 15 August 1945 | |||||||||||
• Soviet troops stationed in Pyongyang | 24 August 1945 | ||||||||||
• Provisional People's Committee of North Korea established | 8 February 1946 | ||||||||||
• People's Committee of North Korea established | 22 February 1947 | ||||||||||
| 9 September 1948 | |||||||||||
| Currency | Won of the Red Army Command | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | North Korea South Korea | ||||||||||
| Soviet Civil Administration | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 소비에트 민정청 |
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| Hancha | 소비에트 民政廳 |
| Revised Romanization | Sobieteu Minjeongcheong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sobiet'ŭ Minjŏngch'ŏng |
It was the administrative structure that the Soviet Union used to govern what would become the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) following the division of Korea. General Terentii Shtykov was the main proponent of setting up a centralized structure to coordinate Korean People's Committees. The setup was officially recommended by General Ivan Chistyakov and headed by General Andrei Romanenko in 1945 and by General Nikolai Lebedev in 1946.