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Korean writers who lived in the Japanese colonial period had a mental geography toward Manchuria. This study aims to explain this special consciousness of them. They regarded Russia as an Utopia and believed that they were able to experience Russia, the ideal space, through Manchuria. That is to say expectations for Russia were transformed into Manchuria.
In this era, a lot of Russian literatures were translated into Korean and Socialism was introduced to Korea. As a result, Russia was to be a social trend in Korea. Hope for Russia, accordingly, prevailed among Korean writers. At that time, Manchuria was full of many races from various countries like Korea, China, Japan and Russia. Moreover, It stimulated curiosities of Korean authors to Russia that Manchuria had international cities, such as Harbin. Manchuria was a unique region and a channel to Russia. That's why many of them visited Manchuria.
Back Seok was interested in Russian literatures and had aspirations for Russia. He translated Russian literatures after moving to Manchuria. It was Russia that led him to Manchuria. Lee Hyo-seok released his favorable impression to Russia in his works. His awareness to Russia is found in his Harbin travel notes and some novels that was set in Harbin. Both visited Manchuria in common because they had a strong desire to Russia. These are specific examples to suggest that Manchuria provided Korean writers with a way to meet Russia, the ideal land.