September 16, 1924, extraordinary session of the Central Executive Committee of Turkestan adopted a resolution on the State Division of the Central Asian republics. As a result, 40 percent of the territories of the former Turkestan, Khiva and Khorezm republics, with a population of about 1.5 million people, were passed to the Kazakh ASSR. The territory of Kazakhstan has increased from 2 million square kilometers in 1920 to 2.8 million square kilometers in 1925. After joining the KASSR southern territories republic’s population has grown from 4.8 million people in 1920 to 6.5 million in 1925. As a result of the national-state demarcation of Central Asia, the unification of the Kazakh lands in a single Kazakh Soviet state.
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