[3][4] The first settlements on the territory of the modern Vysokogorsky district date back to the 12th century and were initially subjects of Volga Bulgaria.
The remains of some of these settlements survive to the present day and are sites of cultural heritage in the Republic.
The visual design of the coat of arms includes an azure color as a symbol of the clear sky.
The road to the administrative center of Alatskaya Daruga passed to the north and northwest of Kazan.
The district at this time was inhabited by Russian landowners, Tatars, and newly baptized peoples.
The administrative centers of rural settlements are the villages Aybash, Alan-Bekser, Aldermysh, Berozka, Biryulinskogo Zverosovkhoza, Bolshoy Bitaman, Bolshiye Kovali, Vysokaya Gora, Dachnoye, Dubyazy, Kurkachi, Kazaklar, Memdel, Mulma, Alat, Semiozerka, Suksu, Tashly-Kovali, Usady, Chepchugi, Chernyshevka, Shapshi, and Yamashurma.
[19] The largest enterprises in the district are the companies "Wienerberger Brick", "Safplast" and "Tatspirtprom" which in 2015 produced products worth 7.81 billion rubles.
The plant has been a member of the national project "Labor productivity and employment support" since 2019 from which its employees receive soft loans, courses for retraining and advanced training are organized for them.
[26][27][22] A branch of the Austrian manufacturer of ceramic materials "Wienerberger" has operated in the village of Kurkachi, since 2008.
Prominent agricultural enterprises in the district are "Biryuli", "Serp and Molot", "Pravda", "Bitaman", "Suksu", "Vatan", and the agrofirm "Tatarstan".
90% of the shares of the factory belonged to the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan as the main investor, which allocated 37 million rubles for the creation of the enterprise.
A year later, the head of the farm was arrested on suspicion of embezzlement of part of the allocated funds.
Under new leadership the firm has since repeatedly been included in the rating of the "100 best goods of Russia" and joined the ranks of the country's largest rabbit meat factories.
The program for the construction of cowsheds was initiated in the region and a new dairy farm for 390 cows was opened in the Vysokogorsky district in 2020.
Investors explained the acquisition by the fact that there is little milk in Udmurtia and the region relies on orders from Tatarstan.
The new owners plan to invest about 100 million rubles in the plant to increase its milk processing capacity from 70 to 250 tons per day.
[7] The Direct Investment Fund of Tatarstan announced its intention to create a food industrial park "M7 Vysokaya Gora" in the Vysokogorsky district in 2017.
The park is intended to launch meat processing and food production capacity in the district.
[39][30] The federal main railway line "Kazan - Yekaterinburg" passes through the territory of the Vysokogorsky district.
The park provides a habitat for nine of the endangered bird species listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Tatarstan.
[9] The Republic authorities have developed a project to group these lakes into a tourist cluster named the "Mirrors of Tatarstan".
There are two racing tracks, ski resorts, and a sports complex with clubs of wrestling, judo, aerobics, and athletic gymnastics in the village of Vysokaya Gora.