The readers are presented with an article studying the Korean War of 1950—1953 from the standpoints of the participants of the conflict from both opposing sides. This war was the first armed conflict between two ideologies: socialist and capitalist. The Korean crisis in its development went through various stages in form and content — from the war of 1950—1953 to the rapprochement and cooperation of the DPRK and the ROK in 2000—2002. However, it remains a difficult problem to solve. The Soviet Union was an unconditional supporter of the DPRK for a long time, but with the collapse of the socialist system, views on the Korean conflict have undergone some changes. The views of South Korean supporters have not changed much over time, although they differ from each other. Using the method of historicism, this article analyzes monographs and collections of articles of domestic and foreign authors whose research touched upon the Korean issue. Using their example, the article will demonstrate: 1) how much the assessments of the conflict in the USSR and the USA differed; 2) how the position of the USSR and post-Soviet Russia changed depending on the foreign policy vector of the country at a specific time; 3) to what supporters of South Korea pay more attention. This paper proposes an analysis option — from the works of the 1940s to the works of the last few years, which will be a novelty in the proposed article.
For citation: Rybak V.V. Background and development of the conflict in Korea in 1950—1953 in domestic and foreign historiography, Ivanovo State University Bulletin, Series: Humanities, 2024, iss. 2, pp. 125—133.