[5] The district is named after Pavlin Vinogradov, a Bolshevik and an active participant of the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War.

In 1918, Vinogradov was sent to Arkhangelsk and eventually charged with the organization of the Bolshevik resistance to British and American troops.

Historically, it was a part of Vazhsky Uyezd, a vast area including almost all of the river basin of the Vaga.

In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great, the area was included into Archangelgorod Governorate.

The eastern part of the district belongs to the basin of the Pinega via its major left tributaries, the Yula and the Pokshenga.

As an administrative division, the district is divided into thirteen selsoviets and one urban-type settlement with jurisdictional territory (Bereznik).

[11] One of the principal highways in Russia, M8 connecting Moscow and Arkhangelsk, crosses the district from south to north.

[14] In the selos of Borok[clarification needed] and Puchuga,[clarification needed] located along the Northern Dvina, traditional wood painting crafts developed in the 19th and 20th centuries, similar to the neighboring Nizhnyaya Toyma painting school.

[15] Their favorite motifs were the Sirin Bird and the black horses, symbols of a wealthy household.