Chernysheva N.V., Azhigulova A.I. Ethnic Minorities in the Million-Plus Cities of the USSR in 1939-1959: Demographic Characteristics. Bulletin of Omsk University. Series: Historical Sciences. 2025. Vol. 12. No. 4. Pp. 131-137.

Abstract

The article provides demographic characteristics of the ethnic minorities of Moscow and Leningrad in 1939-1959. The change in ethnodemographic dynamics was caused by domestic and foreign policy events, as well as the peculiarities of the socio-economic development of the country and its largest cities. Changes in demographic behavior in Moscow and Leningrad occurred faster than in the USSR and the RSFSR as a whole. Nevertheless, individual peoples, due to their preserved traditions, were at different stages of demographic transition.