The Image of Russia in the XVI-XVII Centuries in Russian and Korean Historiography

Both domestic and foreign historiography often describes the same historical events in different ways. The reasons for such disagreements and different descriptions of the same historical events are insufficient information, the influence of some states on others, and deliberate distortion in order to create a negative image of participants in historical events. This study considers the events of the XVI-XVII centuries, namely the Albazin war with the participation of Korean soldiers in 1654 and 1658, as well as the expedition of Admiral E. Putiatin to Korea as the examples. The article mainly gives a look at the above events of the South Korean historian-researcher Park Tae Geun. He was one of the first scholars in the historiography of South Korea who began to study the issue of early Korean-Russian relations. This study used the following analysis of the research literature on the topic under study; the method of specific situations (case method) in the analysis of examples; instrumental observation. Also, the study used such general scientific methods as analysis and synthesis in determining the goals, resources, and tools of the concept under consideration, as well as a structural approach.