[12] On July 5, 1944, Batetsky District was transferred to newly established Novgorod Oblast.

[3] Effective October 1, 1927,[2] Chyornovsky District with the administrative center in the selo of Chyornoye was also established, as part of Novgorod Okrug of Leningrad Oblast.

Agricultural lands occupy 229 square kilometers (88 sq mi) and are mainly used to grow crops.

A road network within the district connects it, among other places, with Veliky Novgorod, Luga, Shimsk, and Soltsy.

[15] The federal monuments are the complex of the Muravyov Estate in the village of Tereboni, and a number of archeological sites.

The museum will include a complex of tumuli, the highest of which is known as Shum-gora, and will be devoted to Viking culture.