Abstract
Based on and in connection with mesotemtorial studies, the article examines the features of the modem rural settlement system of a typical agricultural region of Kazakhstan - the North Kazakhstan region. Over the 270-year history of agricultural development in the region, a network of rural settlements has been formed and complicated depending on the prevailing trends in government policy. The relevance o f the study is dictated by the post-Soviet depopulation of the rural population, due to the agricultural specialization of the region and the monopolization of the rural labor market. The analysis has been carried out and the factors of the formation of the rural settlement system of the region have been identified, its main types have been identified.