Russians in Korea do not form a very large population, but they have a history going back to the Korean Empire. The community of Russian subjects/citizens in Korea has historically included not just ethnic Russians, but members of minority groups of Russia as well, such as Tatars, Poles, and, more recently, return migrants from among the Koryo-saram and Sakhalin Koreans.
The old Russian legation building in Seoul
St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul, Korea
Koryo-saram or Koryoin are ethnic Koreans in the post-Soviet states who descend from Koreans who were living in the Russian Far East.
March 1st Movement anniversary protests in Vladivostok (1920)
Viktor Tsoi, singer and songwriter who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and musically influential bands in the history of Russian music
Oleksandr Sin, a mayor of Zaporizhia
Boris Yugai, a Kyrgyzstani Major General, was a notable member of the Koryo-saram community in Kyrgyzstan.