The Soviet occupation government north of the 38th parallel after the Red Army's August 1945 entry into Korea, which governed alongside and then through the Provisional People's Committee under Kim Il Sung — the incubator of the DPRK.
Superseded 9 September 1948 by the proclamation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; the existing north-korea record (start 1948) succeeds it directly (Soviet troops withdrew by the end of 1948).
The standard study of the Soviet occupation of northern Korea and the formation of the North Korean state, 1945-1960. Verified on Open Library (Lankov, 2002).