Open AccessRESULTS OF THE KOREAN WAR OF 1950-1953 IN RUSSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY
Author(s) -
Ilia Valerievich Mametev
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
vestnik astrahanskogo gosudarstvennogo tehničeskogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2687-1076
pISSN - 1812-9498
DOI - 10.24143/1812-9498-2018-2-129-133
Subject(s) - historiography , peninsula , spanish civil war , history , political science , world war ii , subject (documents) , economic history , ancient history , law , archaeology , library science , computer science
The article gives a historical overview of the Korean conflict as one of the largest events in the world history of the mid-twentieth century. The result of that armed confrontation could escalate into a nuclear war. The USSR took part in that conflict. The Korean War of 1950-1953 laid the foundation for the current tense situation on the Korean Peninsula. The war events had determined the vector of developing relationship between the states of the Pacific region for decades to come and are still the subject of fierce debates in the scientific community, causing a broad public response. One of the most essential problems in the history of the Korean conflict is the question of the outcome of the Korean War.