The article deals with the question what date is historically correct to trace the history of the beginning of diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea to. The author questioned validity of fixing 1990 as the date when the diplomatic relations between Russia and South Korea started taking into account peculiarities and historical significance of the Russian-Korean treaties of 1992 and 1884.

Kurbanov Sergei Olegovich, Doctor of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Professor of Department of Korean Studies, Saint Petersburg State University, 11, Universitetskya emb., Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation; Professor of Department of Oriental Languages and Language Pedagogy, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, 48/2, Moika emb., Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation, e-mail: s.kurbanov@spbu.ru

Kurbanov S.O. Anniversary Dates in the History of Relations between Russian Federation and Republic of Korea. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2020, vol. 34, pp. 75-82. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2020.34.75 (in Russian)

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