Soviet Civil Administration

{{Short description|1945–1948 government in northern Korea}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox former country

| native_name = {{native name|ru|Советская гражданская администрация|italics=no}}
{{native name|ko|소비에트 민정청|italics=no}}

| conventional_long_name = Soviet Civil Administration in Korea

| common_name = SCA

| year_start = 1945

| year_end = 1948

| life_span = 1945–1948

| status = Military occupation

| p1 = Korea under Japanese rule{{!}}Chōsen

| flag_p1 = Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg

| p2 = People's Republic of Korea

| flag_p2 = Flag of the People's Committee of Korea.svg

| s1 = Provisional People's Committee of North Korea

| flag_s1 = Flag of the Provisional People's Committee for North Korea.svg

| today = North Korea
South Korea

| image_map = Locator_map_of_Soviet_Administration_of_Korea.svg

| image_map_caption = Location of the Soviet Civil Administration in the Korean Peninsula

| national_anthem = {{lang|ko|소비에트 연방 찬가}}
"State Anthem of the Soviet Union"
(1946–1947){{parabr}}center

| capital = Pyongyang

| government_type = Marxist–Leninist provisional government

| image_flag = Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1955).svg

| image_flag2 = Flag of the Provisional People's Committee for North Korea.svg

| flag_type = Top: Flag of the Soviet Union
Bottom: Flag of North Korea (1946–1948)

| image_coat = Emblem of North Korea (July – September 1948).svg

| symbol_type = Emblem from July 1948

| event_pre = Seishin Operation

| date_pre = 13–17 August 1945

| event_start = Soviet troops stationed in Pyongyang

| date_start = 24 August

| event1 = Provisional People's Committee of North Korea established

| date_event1 = 8 February 1946

| event2 = People's Committee of North Korea established

| date_event2 = 22 February 1947

| currency = Won of the Red Army Command

| event_end = Democratic People's Republic of Korea proclaimed

| date_end = 9 September|

| title_representative = Head of the Civil Administration

| representative1 = {{nowrap|{{ill|Andrei Romanenko|ru|Романенко, Андрей Алексеевич}}}}

| year_representative1 = 1945–1947

| representative2 = Nikolai Lebedev

| year_representative2 = 1947–1948

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| official_languages = Russian, Korean

| title_leader = Head Administrator (de facto){{efn|Shtykov was the de facto leader of the Soviet Civil Administration in North Korea, overseeing the creation of the North Korean communist regime.}}

| leader1 = Terentii Shtykov

| year_leader1 = 1945–1948

| title_deputy = Chairman of the People's Committee{{efn|Chairman of the Provisional People's Committee from 1946 to 1947.}}

| deputy1 = Kim Il Sung

| year_deputy1 = 1946–1948

}}

{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 소비에트 민정청

| hanja = 소비에트 民政廳

| rr = Sobieteu Minjeongcheong

| mr = Sobiet'ŭ Minjŏngch'ŏng

| context = north

}}

The Soviet Civil Administration{{efn|{{Korean|hangul=소비에트 민정청}}; {{langx|ru|Советская зона оккупации Кореи|Sovetskaya zona okkupatsii Korei|Soviet occupation zone in Korea}}}} (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.{{Cite web |title=Андрей Ланьков: Северокорейские рабочие в СССР и России. Бесправные рабы или рабочая аристократия? |url=https://polit.ru/article/2021/05/10/lankovrabochie/ |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=polit.ru |archive-date=11 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211105247/https://polit.ru/article/2021/05/10/lankovrabochie/ |url-status=dead }}

It was the administrative structure that the Soviet Union used to govern what would become the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) 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.

Armstrong, Charles K. (2013-04-15). The North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950 (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University) (Kindle Location pp. 154–155, 1367). Cornell University Press. Kindle Edition.