The overthrow of the Khiva Khanate in 1920 linked the future of Khorezm with Soviet power. The article analyzes the processes associated with the history of Khorezm in 1920-1924. In addition to local publications, socio-political processes were covered on the basis of articles, information and data published in Bukhara, Turkestan, as well as in the press of the RSFSR, and later the USSR.