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The Institute of Russian Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies was established as the Institute of the Soviet Union and East European Issues on January 13, 1972 in Seoul. In those days, the international community was dominated by cold war ideology, which made any communication or exchange between the Republic of Korea and the Communist bloc virtually impossible. The IRS was the first research center that began collecting and examining periodicals from the Soviet Union, North Korea, and other socialist states. Being the only Soviet Union and East European Issues research institute in Korea, the IRS was able to obtain an unrivaled position in this field. In a country where little research was being conducted on socialism, the IRS exerted a strong influence on the direction of these studies, leading the discourse on communism. From the early 1990s the IRS began to narrow its research subjects to Russia and the CIS region. Concentrated studies on the economies, politics, societies and cultures of the CIS region and Russia became the focus of the Institute. In 1993, the Institute officially changed its name to the Institute of Russian Studies, and in July of 1999, due to space constraints, the IRS relocated to Hankuk University’s Global Campus in Yongin.
The IRS regularly invites distinguished scholars from Russia and other parts of the world to give special talks.
Invited speakers come from diverse academic fields, including politics, economics, and literature.
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Gangwon Foreign Language High School holds a special lecture on Russian regional studies
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Gangwon Foreign Language High School holds a special lecture on Russian regional studies
On Monday, January 29, 2024, a special lecture on Russian regional studies was held at Gangwon Foreign Language High School in Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do. In this lecture, which was conducted as part of the National Research Foundation of Korea's HK+ Project Regional Humanities Center project, Professor Hwang Seong-woo of the Russian Institute gave a lecture on the topic "Russia-Ukraine War: Issues and Prospects, and Implications for the Korean Peninsula."
In this lecture given to high school students, Professor Seong-Woo Hwang attempted to increase students' understanding by explaining the complicated Russian-Ukrainian war in an easy and concise manner. In particular, Professor Hwang Seong-woo asked to pay more attention to the terms 'extension of the Donbas War', 'special military operation', and 'proxy war between the United States and Russia' among the various names that refer to this war that has been going on for nearly two years. In making the request, we analyzed biased perspectives at home and abroad, the tilted playing field, the failure of the diplomacy of the three major countries to prevent the war, and the process of reorganization of the international community after the war. And what this war means for the Korean Peninsula is that, above all, our country must pursue balanced, pragmatic diplomacy with the four major powers surrounding the Korean Peninsula, including the United States, China, Russia, and Japan, and must not be biased toward or distant from certain countries. emphasized.
Professor Hwang Seong-woo, who stated that there is no definite answer to the possibility of the end of the war, said that currently, Russia occupies a land similar to the size of South Korea, and a tiresome and wasteful offensive and defense continues. It is true that there is talk of the end of the war due to war fatigue, but pointing out that it is difficult to break the stubbornness of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, who has lost land, he pointed out that in 2024, the Russian presidential election will be held on March 17 this year, the Ukrainian presidential election on March 31 (undecided), and He explained that the outcome of the US
presidential election in November could be the final straw in ending the war.
About 100 students gathered in the audio-visual room of Gangwon Foreign Language High School, including Principal Won-seop Joo of Gangwon Foreign Language High School, vice-principal and several teachers also attended the event.
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