page_title: Afanasy Seredin-Sabatin
section_title: Achievements in Korea
hierarchical_section_title: Afanasy Seredin-Sabatin / Achievements in Korea
caption_attribution_description: English: Former Russia legation of Korea 한국어: 구 러시아 공사관
context_page_description: Afanasii Ivanovich Seredin-Sabatin was a Ukraian-born steersman-pilot and reporter for an English newspaper, but is best known as the first European architect to live and work in the Korean Empire from 1890 to 1904. He built a number of palaces in European style within the city of Seoul. He also built the first Russian Legation building, also in the city of Seoul. This building is a historical site because shortly after the Japanese invasion of Korea, in 1895, when the Korean Queen Min was assassinated by the Japanese, King Gojong and his son were given refuge in the Russian Legation for a year.
context_section_description: Buildings in Korea
  Manguk Park (original name (만국 공원), now called Jayu Park (자유 공원), or Freedom park), Incheon.  Completed in 1888. It was the first public park in Korea. Before that parks were at palaces and royal shrines.
  Chemulpo Club building, Incheon.  Completed in 1889.
  Sontag Hotel, Seoul. First European Hotel in Korea. Demolished.
  Imperial Palace Deoksugung(덕수궁):
  Jeonggwanheon Pavilion.("Coffee Pavilion").  Completed in 1900.
  Jungmyeongjeon Hall (Royal Libuary and banquet hall). Completed in 1900.
  The Jungmyeongjeon(중명전) was a royal library/banquet hall for foreign envoys and had the honor of being the first Western-style building built on the grounds of a Korean palace.  The Protectorate Treaty of 1905 was signed in this building. The Treaty made Korea a protectorate of Japan until the annexation in 1910.
  Jemulpo Gurakbu Social Club Building (Incheon Social Club Building). Completed in 1901.
  Also: Dokripmun (독립문), also known as Independence Gate/Arch. 
  And a building in the north of Gyeongbok Palace (경복궁) called Gwanmungak (관문각). It was a 3-story western building that has since been destroyed.
caption: The first Russian Legation remains known as King's refuge in Russian Legation
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