kaverznev.n the 43 years since then, the world has changed all. only on the korean peninsula, the mesenscene froze, the division of the once united people, ideological antagonism, the american military. until recently, this seemed like a strange rudiment, but the circle is closing, having begun in... one cold war, the korean confrontation waited for another. at the end of world war ii, korea, under the auspices of the un, was divided along the thirty-eighth parallel into two zones between the ussr and the usa. attempts to create a single state were unsuccessful; in 1948 two independent states appeared. governments: socialist democratic people's republic of korea in the north. and the pro-american capitalist republic of korea in the south. each with its own economic model, constitution and hope to one day unite the peninsula under its rule. the intensive development of the dprk was largely ensured by the assistance of the socialist camp and, above all, the ussr. it accounted for almost 90% of for