Alas, during the second half of the twentieth century, Moscow made a lot of efforts so that this goal was not achieved. In the era of the Cold War, the Kremlin’s Korean policy was distinguished, on the one hand, the reckless, uncritical support of the Kim Ir Sen regime, who learned to manipulate Moscow and skillfully turn it into a hostage of its own policy, and on the other, stubbornly reluctance to deal with South Korea, in the late 70s - early 80s, turned into a dynamic “Asian tiger”.