Abstract
The everyday life of the city population of North Kazakhstan between the year 1920-1930s has been analyzed through the analysis of family and social relations of these people. This paper provides an analysis of scientific literature covering specific areas of study of everyday life of the population of cities of the Soviet Union. Authors have used sourced file copies, museum collections of written documents, and statistic materials. The authors have reported changes in the consciousness of citizens of the Soviet Union which has led to modernization of social relations as an example of a city population of this region. The authors have come to the conclusion that new forms of political organization in the society had impact on the modernization of private life, family, marriage and had caused new problems, that manifested themselves through the loss of previous family values.