By the Order of the Extraordinary Plenipotentiary Commission CEC of Kazakh SSR from April 25, 1921 was formed Akmola province. The province took a huge area of 520 thousand square kilometers (almost a fifth of Kazakhstan) with a million people living in 1300 settlements. At that time Akmola province included North-Kazakhstan, Akmola, Karaganda, partly Kostanay and Pavlodar regions, as well as a small part of Omsk. The basic framework of the administrative structure of new entity was the districts. There were 223 of them on the day of formation of the province. Districts formed counties (then accordingly county centers): Akmola, Atabassarsky, Kokshetau and Petropavlovsk. Petropavlovsk was the provincial and district center at the same time.
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