SAKHALIN KOREANS HISTORY AS AN UNEXPLORED ACTUAL SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM
The article reflects the scientific development of different historical aspects and the current position of the Sakhalin Koreans in the context of interstate relations between Russia, the Republic of Korea and Japan. The author establishes an incompleteness of study of the regional Korean society as the unique international phenomenon (in the view of their ethnic identity, legal status, civil-national identity, and the way of inflow into the Russian society). The author also recognizes the necessity of the development of corresponding conception to solve accumulated problems of the Sakhalin Koreans post-war life.