The Soviet Civil Administration (SCA; Korean: 소비에트 민정청; Russian: Советская зона оккупации Кореи, romanized: Sovetskaya zona okkupatsii Korei, lit.

General Terentii Shtykov was the main proponent of setting up a centralized structure to coordinate Korean People's Committees.

However, the true architect of North Korea's early communist regime during this period was Colonel General Terentiy Fomich Shtykov, the political officer of the 1st Far Eastern Front.

He edited the initial draft of North Korea's constitution, formed the first cabinet of ministers, and actively supported Kim Il Sung's invasion plans, which led to the outbreak of the Korean War.

The "Provisional People's Committee for North Korea," though officially presenting itself as the ruling government, had no autonomy and merely executed the decisions made by the Soviet Civil Administration.