[4] The westernmost point of the Russian Federation's coterminous territory lies on the district's border with Estonia southwest of Pechory, opposite to the settlement of Ritsiko.

The current scholarly interpretation denies the existence of Truvor, but in any case the area was already a part of the Russian Lands in the 9th century.

[9] During the last year of World War I, from February to December 1918, the town of Pechory was occupied by German forces.

The Treaty of Tartu, signed on February 2, 1920, assigned Pechory and its surrounding territory, the Setomaa region, to Estonia.

On January 16, 1945, the greater part of Petserimaa was transferred from the Estonian SSR to Pskov Oblast, and Pechorsky District with the administrative center in Pechory was created.

[2] On January 16, 1945, Kachanovsky District, with the administrative center in the selo of Kachanovo, was created on the territories transferred from the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic to Pskov Oblast.

[14][15] In 2010, 19,443 inhabitants of the district were ethnic Russians, 174 Estonians and 115 Setos, a Finnic minority endemic to the region of Setomaa, of which Pechory is the cultural capital.

In order to visit the zone, a permit issued by the local Federal Security Service department is required.

[19] In the district, there are enterprises of timber and food industry, as well as production of construction materials, particularly ceramics.

[22] The stretch of European route E77 between Pskov and Estonian border crosses the district from east to west.