Russia will include a reference to North Korean soldiers in a high school history textbook
The Russian Federation will amend the standard school history textbook, adding information about the participation of North Korean soldiers in the war against Ukraine.
The updated version of the textbook will also include stories about new so-called “heroes of the special military operation” and modern examples of Russian weaponry.
The propaganda publication quotes a representative of the organization who directly confirmed plans to change the curriculum.
“The participation of North Korean soldiers in the operation to liberate the Kursk region—this, of course, will be added,” Myagkov said.
In addition, the book plans to expand sections that justify full-scale aggression against the Ukrainian state.
Pyongyang began actively deploying its regular troops to assist Moscow in the fall of 2024. This occurred after the signing of a strategic partnership agreement between the two dictatorships and the launch of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ operation in the Kursk region.
According to South Korean intelligence, by February 2026, approximately 6,000 North Korean soldiers had already been killed or wounded on the front lines.
Another 10,000 North Koreans remained in the combat zone, and 30,000 more were scheduled to be deployed.
Analysts at Nikkei Asia estimated that Russia paid Pyongyang more than $600 million for the use of the foreign contingent.
This controversial single textbook was created on the personal orders of Vladimir Putin, who called educational reform a matter of national importance.
The book was co-authored by Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky, and the textbook itself was written in just five months, completely rewriting the historical events of the past 50 years.
In this biased textbook, Ukraine is groundlessly labeled an “ultranationalist state” where any dissent is allegedly harshly persecuted, the opposition is banned, and everything Russian is declared hostile.
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