National Policy of the Soviet State in the Urban Environment in the 1920s and 1930s (Based on the Materials of the Don, Kuban, and Stavropol Regions)

The article is devoted to some features of national policy in the urban environment of the Don, Kuban, and Stavropol regions in the 1920s and 1930s. The main focus of the study is on the largest urbanized ethnic communities in southern Russia, including Armenians, Poles, Jews, Greeks, and Assyrians, who lived in Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Armavir, and Stavropol. The article identifies the main objectives,
directions, and mechanisms of national policy in the urban environment, as well as the main problems and features of the policy of indigenization aimed at involving ethnic minorities in Soviet authorities (city councils), establishing and operating national schools, and meeting the cultural and educational needs of ethnic
communities in urban environments.