ТРАНСФОРМАЦИЯ АДМИНИСТРАТИВНО-ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНОГО ДЕЛЕНИЯ КАЗАХСТАНА В ПРОШЛОМ СТОЛЕТИИ (ХХ ВЕКЕ)

Abstract

 This article is based on the study of documents on administrative and territorial changes that took place in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as on statistical data of population censuses. The article deals with the issues of administrative-territorial changes on the map of Kazakhstan, provides a brief description of the administrative-territorial division (ATD) of the country in different periods of its formation and further development. The administrative-territorial system of Kazakhstan includes such administrative-territorial units as a village, village, rural district, a district in a city, a city, a rural area and a region. Also, the article considers new formations of administrative-territorial units, their abolition or restoration, renaming, and other issues of administrative-territorial changes on the political map of Kazakhstan and their causes.