The paper discusses the issues related to identifying changes in the administrative-territorial division of Kazakhstan in the late 1920-1930s of the 20th century. The objectives of the Soviet state building required the demolition of the former tsarist system of government and the creation of a new structure of the administrative-territorial structure.
It is noted that the new management system was more effective and pragmatic than the previous one and more specifically took into account the peculiarities of the economic and geographical nature and composition of the population. It is especially emphasized that the meaning of the reforms was, first of all, in carrying out economic zoning for the allocation of economic zones with different specialization. These reforms in Kazakhstan began later than in the central regions and were carried out on the basis of a special plan approved by the Soviet government. Akmola province was one of the largest territorial formations on the territory of the Kazakh Territory, in connection with which the implementation of the administrative-territorial reorganization in it was of key importance. That is why the northern region was chosen as an example in this paper