<P> Alexandra Kim , a Korean who lived in Russia , is sometimes credited as the first Korean communist . She had joined the Bolsheviks in 1916 . In 1917 , Vladimir Lenin sent her to Siberia to mobilize Koreans there against the counter-revolutionary forces and the Allied Expeditionary Forces . In Khabarovsk Kim was in charge of external affairs at the Far - Eastern Department of the Party . There she met with Yi Dong - Wi , Kim Rip and other Korean independence fighters . Together they founded the Korean People 's Socialist Party , the first Korean communist party on June 28 , 1918 . </P>
<P> Alexandra Kim , a Korean who lived in Russia , is sometimes credited as the first Korean communist . She had joined the Bolsheviks in 1916 . In 1917 , Vladimir Lenin sent her to Siberia to mobilize Koreans there against the counter-revolutionary forces and the Allied Expeditionary Forces . In Khabarovsk Kim was in charge of external affairs at the Far - Eastern Department of the Party . There she met with Yi Dong - Wi , Kim Rip and other Korean independence fighters . Together they founded the Korean People 's Socialist Party , the first Korean communist party on June 28 , 1918 . </P>
who led a successful marxist revolution in north korea
who led a successful marxist revolution in north korea
Alexandra Kim
Alexandra Kim