Abstract
Despite the passage of forty years, memories of World War II have not faded in the USSR, a country that lost 20 million of its population and suffered enormous material destruction during 1941-1945. These memories revolve around events in Europe, where the Red Army waged a colossal life-and-death struggle largely on its own territory and made a decisive contribution to Allied victory over the Third Reich. Much less is recalled, or even known about, Soviet involvement in the Asian theater of the war. However brief, this involvement was far from insignificant. It hastened the defeat of Imperial Japan and reshaped the political geography of Northeast Asia. It also influenced the course of the Chinese Revolution as well as political developments on the Korean peninsula and in Southeast Asia.
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