Soviet Civil Administration

Soviet Civil Administration
Советская зона оккупации Кореи Sovetskatya zona okkupatsii Koryei 소련 군정 Soryeon gunjeong
Military occupation
1945–1946
Flag
Location of northern Korea
Capital		Pyongyang
Government		Military occupation
General[1]
•	1945 - 1946	Andrei Alekseevich Romanenko[2]
•	1946	Nikolai Georgiyevich Lebedev[3]
History
•	Succeeds People's Republic of Korea	3 October 1945
•	Provisional People's Committee for North Korea established	February 1946
Preceded by Succeeded by Korea under Japanese rule Provisional People's Committee for North Korea

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The Soviet Civil Administration (SCA) functioned as the occupying government of northern Korea from October 3, 1945 until the setup of the Provisional People's Committee for North Korea in 1946. It was the administrative structure that the Soviet Union used to govern what would become North Korea following the division of Korea. 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 Chistiakov and headed by General Andrei Romanenko in 1945 and General Nikolai Lebedev in 1946.^[4]

See also

• Division of Korea#Soviet occupation of North Korea

References