[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Pushkinskiye Gory.

The Velikaya crosses the district from south to north dividing it into two approximately equal parts.

The fortress of Voronich was founded in 1349 and was one of the most important fortifications protecting Pskov from the south.

In the beginning of the 16th century, the area together with the rest of the Pskov lands was transferred to the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished, and Pushkinsky District was established, with the administrative center in the selo of Pushkinskiye Gory.

The governorates were abolished as well, and the district became a part of Pskov Okrug of Leningrad Oblast.

On July 23, 1930, the okrugs were also abolished and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast.

On January 29, 1935, the district was transferred to Kalinin Oblast and on February 5 of the same year, Pushkinsky District became a part of Velikiye Luki Okrug of Kalinin Oblast, one of the okrugs abutting the state boundaries of the Soviet Union.

The complex is devoted to Alexander Pushkin, a Russian 19th century national poet, who owned an estate in the village of Mikhaylovskoye and spent there considerable periods of his life.