In the course of the administrative reform performed in 1708 by Peter the Great the area was included into Archangelgorod Governorate, with the creation of Kevrolsky Uyezd.

During Russian Civil War in 1918, battles were fought between the Red Army and British troops in Pinega and around.

An important road (unpaved) along the right bank of the Pinega connects Arkhangelsk with the valley of the Mezen.

From this road, another one, also unpaved, branches off and follows the Pinega to Karpogory, the village of Zanyukhcha, and then crosses the border with the Komi Republic to the timber production settlements.

15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from Pinega, in the village of Maletino, there is Krasnogorsky Monastery which is classified as cultural and historical heritage by Russian Federal law.

The karst landscape of the right bank of the Pinega River is protected in Pinezhsky Nature Reserve.