“Korean churches” on Sakhalin during the post-Soviet transformation (1990s)

The author analyzes the activities of missionaries from the Republic of Korea and the results of their work on Sakhalin in the post-Soviet period. The study is relevant due to the lack of research in Russian historiography. The migration and religious legislation of the Russian Federation and the Sakhalin region, which caused the successes and problems in the activities of Korean missionaries in the 1990s are analyzed. The results of the activities of missionaries from South Korea, aimed primarily at representatives of the Korean diaspora, in the 1990s include a rapid increase in the number of Protestant religious organizations and their members actively involved in solving significant social problems of the post-Soviet transformation period (charitable, educational, educational activities of missionary churches). After 1997 the growth in the number of churches stabilized, however, the churches established by Korean missionaries in the 1990s are still active, defining the confessional image of the region.