"The Soviet constitution of 1936 was democratic—but only on paper. It rearranged the political and nationality map. The boundaries of many autonomous republics and oblasts were fashioned in such a way as to prevent non-Russians from forming a critical mass. Moscow’s fear was that they would circumvent central authority."

https://www.britannica.com/place/Russia/The-Stalin-era-1928-53

Don't they want to redraw states and counties? They don't even have their own ideas... Sorry was looking into this for a meme.