Chagodoshchensky District
Чагодощенский район
District
Landscape in Chagodoshchensky District
Landscape in Chagodoshchensky District
Flag of Chagodoshchensky District
Flag
Coat of arms of Chagodoshchensky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Chagodoshchensky District in Vologda Oblast
Coordinates: 59°10′N 35°20′E / 59.167°N 35.333°E / 59.167; 35.333
CountryRussia
Federal subjectVologda Oblast[1]
EstablishedAugust 1, 1927[2]
Administrative centerChagoda[3]
Area
[4]
 • Total2,400 km2 (900 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[5]
 • Total13,865
 • Estimate 
(2018)[6]
12,053 (−13.1%)
 • Density5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
 • Urban
73.2%
 • Rural
26.8
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions2 Urban-type settlements, 7 Selsoviets
 • Inhabited localities[3]2 Urban-type settlements[7], 90 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asChagodoshchensky Municipal District[8]
 • Municipal divisions[8]2 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[9])
OKTMO ID19654000
Websitehttp://www.chagoda.ru/

Chagodoshchensky District (Russian: Чагодо́щенский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[8] district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Babayevsky District in the northeast, Ustyuzhensky District in the southeast, Pestovsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the south, Khvoyninsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the southwest, and with Boksitogorsky District of Leningrad Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,400 square kilometers (930 sq mi).[4] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Chagoda.[3] Population: 13,865 (2010 Census);[5] 15,624 (2002 Census);[10] 17,866 (1989 Census).[11] The population of Chagoda accounts for 49.9% of the district's total population.[5]

Geography

The whole area of the district belongs to the basins of the Chagodoshcha and the Kobozha Rivers, left tributaries of the Mologa, and ultimately to the basin of the Volga River. Much of the district area is covered by forests. There are also swamps. The biggest swamp, Uglishnoye Boloto, is located in the north of the district and is shared with Babayevsky and Boksitogorsky Districts. The landscape of the district is flat.

History

The area was sparsely populated until the 19th century. In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great, it was included into Ingermanland Governorate (known since 1710 as Saint Petersburg Governorate). In 1727, separate Novgorod Governorate was split off. In 1776, the area was transferred to Novgorod Viceroyalty. In 1796, the viceroyalty was abolished, and the area, which was a part of Ustyuzhensky Uyezd, was transferred to Novgorod Governorate.

In 1839, the first glass production factory was founded, close to the village of Anisimovo. This factory was in operation until 1914. In 1874 and 1897, two further glass production factories were built. The settlement of Chagoda was founded in 1926 as Bely Bychok to serve a new glass making factory.[12]

In June 1918, five uyezds of Novgorod Governorate, including Ustyuzhensky Uyezd, were split off to form Cherepovets Governorate, with the administrative center in Cherepovets. On August 1, 1927, Cherepovets Governorate was abolished, and its area became Cherepovets Okrug of Leningrad Oblast. Simultaneously, the uyezds were abolished, and Verkhne-Chagodoshchensky District was established, with the administrative center in the selo of Belye Kresty. In 1932, the district was renamed Chagodoshchensky, and Bely Bychok was granted urban-type settlement status. Between 1932 and 1935, the administrative center of the district was in the urban-type settlement of Bely Bychok, but in 1935 it was transferred back to Belye Kresty.[13] On September 23, 1937, Chagodoshchensky District was transferred to newly established Vologda Oblast. In 1939, Bely Bychok was renamed Chagoda.[14] In 1947, Belye Kresty was renamed Sazonovo and was granted urban-type settlement status. During the abortive Khrushchyov administrative reform of the 1960s, Chagodoshchensky District was briefly disestablished in 1962 and then reestablished in 1965.[2] After the reestablishment, Chagoda became the administrative center of the district.

Economy

Industry

The turf production factory in the settlement of Borisovo

While the district and its administrative center owe their existence to the glass-making industry, this industry branch eventually decayed, and in 1997 the biggest surviving glass-making factory, located in Chagoda, stopped operation. Subsequently, it was reopened.[12] As of 2011, three glass-making factories were operating in the district. Other industrial enterprises in the district belong to timber industry and food industry (production of bread and butter).[15]

Agriculture

Agriculture in the district is based on milk production.[15]

Transportation

A114 highway, connecting Vologda to Cherepovets and St. Petersburg, crosses the district from east to west, passing Sazonovo. There is a connecting road to Chagoda and local roads, but no other through roads to other districts or to Leningrad or Novgorod Oblasts.

A railway line connecting the stations of Kabozha (in Novgorod Oblast) and Podborovye (in Leningrad Oblast) runs through the district from south to north. Chagoda has a railway station, whereas Sazonovo is located close to the station of Ogaryovo. The two ends of the line are located on two main lines. Kabozha is located on the line connecting St. Petersburg with Sonkovo and eventually with Moscow, whereas Podborovye is located on the line connecting St. Petersburg to Vologda via Cherepovets.

A considerable part of the Tikhvinskaya water system, one of the waterways constructed in the early 19th century to connect the basins of the Volga and the Neva Rivers, lies in Chagodoshchensky District. The waterway runs from the Syas upstream the Tikhvinka River. Lake Yelgino is connected by the Tikhvin Canal, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) with the upper course of the Volchina River. The waterway then follows downstream the Gorun River, the Chagodoshcha River, and the Mologa River. Currently, it is not used for any commercial navigation.[16]

Culture and recreation

The only museum in the district, the Chagodoshchensky District Museum, is located in Chagoda. It opened in 1994 and displays collections of local interest, including expositions on glass production.[17]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Law #371-OZ
  2. ^ a b Справка об изменениях административно-территориального устройства и сети партийных и комсомольских органов на территории Вологодской области (1917-1991) (in Russian). Архивы России. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Resolution #178
  4. ^ a b Судаков, Г. В. (2006). Г. В. Судаков (ed.). Вологодская энциклопедия (PDF) (in Russian). Вологда: ВГПУ, Русь. p. 521. ISBN 5-87822-305-8. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  6. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  7. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  8. ^ a b c Law #1128-OZ
  9. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  10. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  11. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  12. ^ a b История Чагодощенского района (in Russian). Администрация Чагодощенского муниципального района. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  13. ^ Верхне-Чагодощенский район - Чагодощенский район (авг. 1927 – сент. 1937) (in Russian). Система классификаторов исполнительных органов государственной власти Санкт-Петербурга. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  14. ^ Питерцева, Е. И. Стекольный край (in Russian). www.chagoda-sity.ru. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  15. ^ a b Экономика (in Russian). Администрация Чагодощенского муниципального района. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  16. ^ Хрусталев, М. Ю. (1999). По Тихвинской водной системе. Из истории водных коммуникаций и судоходства. Чагода: Историко-краеведческий альманах (in Russian). Vologda: Ардвисура. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  17. ^ Краеведческий музей муниципального Центра истории и культуры Чагодощенского района (in Russian). Российская сеть культурного наследия. Retrieved December 8, 2011.

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