Cherepovets 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, 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. On September 23, 1937, Chagodoshchensky District was transferred to newly established Vologda Oblast. In 1939, Bely Bychok was renamed Chagoda. 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. After the reestablishment, Chagoda became the administrative center of the district.