In March 1921, when the desire of the Kumyks to join the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic became obvious, and the Chechens-Aukhovites — to the Mountain ASSR (which includes Chechnya), the problem arose of dividing the Khasavyurtovsky okrug between two neighboring autonomies: Mountain and Dagestan ASSRs.

This interpretation was actually supported by the commander of the Caucasian Labour Army, V. S. Muromtsev, who headed the commission for the establishment of borders between Dagestan and the Mountain ASSR.

[3] Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician Sergei Kirov wrote the following to Dagestan regarding the accession of the Khasavyurt district: And when the democracy of the Terek region posed these questions close to the landlords, the Kumyk princes, for example, try to connect the Khasavyurtov district to Dagestan in order to preserve the land and position.

And I will say more: the enemies of the people are ready to attach one or another area not only to Dagestan, but to any remote province or even the state in order to save their lands and their wealth.

The majority of the population indicated Kumyk to be their mother tongue, with significant Chechen, Avar-Andean, and Nogai speaking minorities.