Chagoda

{{For|the river of the same name|Chagoda (river)|Chagodoshcha}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality | en_name = Chagoda | ru_name = Чагода | loc_name1 = | loc_lang1 = | loc_name2 = | loc_lang2 = | loc_name3 = | loc_lang3 = | loc_name4 = | loc_lang4 = | other_name = | other_lang = | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_map = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|59|10|N|35|20|E|display=inline,title}} | image_flag = | flag_caption = | image_coa = | coa_caption = | anthem = | anthem_ref = | holiday = | holiday_ref =  | federal_subject = Vologda Oblast | federal_subject_ref = | adm_district_jur = Chagodoshchensky District | adm_district_jur_ref = <ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|19 254 551 006}}</ref> | adm_inhabloc_jur = | adm_inhabloc_jur_ref = | adm_citydistrict_jur = | adm_citydistrict_type = | adm_citydistrict_jur_ref = | adm_selsoviet_jur = | adm_selsoviet_type = | adm_selsoviet_jur_ref = | capital_of = | capital_of_ref = | adm_ctr_of1 = Chagodoshchensky District | adm_ctr_of1_ref = <ref name="OKATO" /> | adm_ctr_of2 = | adm_ctr_of2_ref = | adm_ctr_of3 = | adm_ctr_of3_ref = | inhabloc_cat = Urban-type settlement | inhabloc_cat_ref = <ref name="OKATO" /> | inhabloc_type = | inhabloc_type_ref =  | mun_district_jur = Chagodoshchensky Municipal District | mun_district_jur_ref = <ref name="Mun">Law #1128-OZ</ref> | urban_okrug_jur = | urban_okrug_jur_ref = | urban_settlement_jur = Chagoda Urban Settlement | urban_settlement_jur_ref = <ref name="Mun" /> | rural_settlement_jur = | rural_settlement_jur_ref = | inter_settlement_territory = | inter_settlement_territory_ref = | mun_admctr_of1 = Chagoda Urban Settlement | mun_admctr_of1_ref = <ref name="Mun" /> | mun_admctr_of2 = | mun_admctr_of2_ref = | leader_title = | leader_title_ref = | leader_name = | leader_name_ref = | representative_body = | representative_body_ref =  | elevation_m = | area_km2 = | area_km2_ref = | pop_2010census = 6920 | pop_2010census_rank = | pop_2010census_ref = <ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> | pop_latest = | pop_latest_date = | pop_latest_ref = | population_demonym = | time_zone_ref =  | established_date = 1926 | established_title = | established_date_ref = <ref name="hist_chagoda" /> | current_cat_date = 1932 | current_cat_date_ref = <ref name="klassif" /> | abolished_date = | abolished_date_ref =  | postal_codes = | postal_codes_ref = | dialing_codes = | dialing_codes_ref = | website = }} '''Chagoda''' ({{langx|ru|Ча́года}}) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Chagodoshchensky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, situated on the river Chagodoshcha (Volga's basin) {{convert|326|km|sp=us}} from Vologda. Municipally, it is incorporated as '''Chagoda Urban Settlement''', one of the two urban settlements in the district. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=6,920|p2002=7,432|p1989=8,171}}

It was previously known as ''Bely Bychok'' (until 1939).<ref name="hist_chagoda" />

==History== The settlement of Chagoda was founded in 1926 as Bely Bychok to serve a new glass making factory.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.chagoda.ru/history/|script-title=ru:История Чагодощенского района|publisher=Администрация Чагодощенского муниципального района|language=Russian|accessdate=December 7, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426034714/http://www.chagoda.ru/history/|archivedate=April 26, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> At the time, it belonged to Ustyuzhensky Uyezd of Novgorod Governorate. 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, uyezds were abolished, and Bely Bychok became part of Verkhne-Chagodoshchensky District (with the center is the ''selo'' of Belye Kresty). In 1932 the district was renamed into Chagodoshchensky District, and Bely Bychok obtained the status of urban-type settlement. Between 1932 and 1935, the district center was located in Bely Bychok, but in 1935 it was transferred back to Belye Kresty.<ref name="klassif">{{cite web|url=http://classif.spb.ru/sprav/np_lo/168_Verhne_Chagodoschensky_rayon.htm|script-title=ru:Верхне-Чагодощенский район - Чагодощенский район (авг. 1927 – сент. 1937)|publisher=Система классификаторов исполнительных органов государственной власти Санкт-Петербурга|language=Russian|accessdate=7 December 2011}}</ref> On September 23, 1937 Chagodoshchensky District was transferred to newly established Vologda Oblast. In 1939, Bely Bychok was renamed into Chagoda.<ref name="hist_chagoda">{{cite web|url=http://www.chagoda-sity.ru/istorija/stekolnyi-krai-e-i-piterceva.html|script-title=ru:Стекольный край|last=Питерцева|first=Е. И.|publisher=www.chagoda-sity.ru|language=Russian|accessdate=December 7, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426034616/http://www.chagoda-sity.ru/istorija/stekolnyi-krai-e-i-piterceva.html|archivedate=April 26, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> During the aborted administrative reform of the 1960s, Chagodoshchensky District was briefly disestablished and then reestablished in 1965.<ref name="vologda">{{cite web|url=http://portal.rusarchives.ru/guide/voanpi/126sia.shtml|script-title=ru:Справка об изменениях административно-территориального устройства и сети партийных и комсомольских органов на территории Вологодской области (1917-1991)|publisher=Архивы России|language=Russian|accessdate=November 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917021817/http://www.rusarchives.ru/guide/voanpi/126sia.shtml|archive-date=September 17, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the reestablishment, Chagoda became the administrative center of the district.

==Economy==

===Industry=== Chagoda owes its existence to the glass-making factory. In 1997, the factory stopped operation but subsequently was reopened.<ref name="history"/> Other industrial enterprises belong to food industry (production of bread and butter).<ref name="econ">{{cite web|url=http://www.chagoda.ru/ekonomika/|script-title=ru:Экономика|publisher=Администрация Чагодощенского муниципального района|language=Russian|accessdate=December 7, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426034731/http://www.chagoda.ru/ekonomika/|archivedate=April 26, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===Transportation=== thumb|A demolished bridge over the Chagodoshcha River

A114 highway, connecting Vologda to Cherepovets and Saint Petersburg, bypasses Chagoda, which has a connecting road leading to the highway. There are also 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 (Leningrad Oblast) runs through Chagoda.

==Culture and recreation== The only museum in Chagodoshchensky district, Chagodoshchensky District Museum, is located in Chagoda. It opened on 1994 and displays collections of local interest, including expositions on glass production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.ru/M219|script-title=ru:Краеведческий музей муниципального Центра истории и культуры Чагодощенского района|publisher=Российская сеть культурного наследия|language=Russian|accessdate=8 December 2011}}</ref>

==References==

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===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|vlg|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|vlg|adm|list}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|vlg|mun|list|chagodoshchensky}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311051757/http://www.chagoda.biz/ Unofficial website of Chagoda] {{in lang|ru}}

Category:Urban-type settlements in Vologda Oblast Category:Populated places in Chagodoshchensky District