Background
She was born in Sinelnikovo, a Korean village in Siberia. In 1869, her father, Kim Du Suh, had emigrated to Russia.
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Alexandra Kim
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She attended girl school in Vladivostok, Siberia.
Career
Having joined the Bolsheviks in 1916, she is recognized as the first Korean communist. She gave up teaching and moved back to Vladivostok, where she took part in political activities for the cause of Korean migrants. Her marriage did not last lougitude
In 1916, she joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks).
In 1917, Lenin sent her to Siberia to mobilize Koreans there against the counter-revolutionary forces and the Allied Expeditionary Forces. There she met with Yi Dong-Wi, Kim Rip and other Korean independence fighters.
Together they founded the Korean People"s Socialist Party in Khabarovsk on April 28, 1918. Alexandra was captured, along with many other Korean communists, by White forces and Japanese troops on September 4, 1918.
She was executed on September 16, 1918.
Reportedly, her last words were "Freedom and Independence for of Korea!".
Politics
At the time, the area was a hotbed of Korean nationalism. In the Urals she began political activism. In Khabarovsk she was in charge of external affairs at the Far-Eastern Department of the Party.
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Political Party
Democratic Labour Party