[4] The raion was created on 7 March 1923 as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

[1] Kostiantynivka Raion was divided in a way that follows the general administrative scheme in Ukraine.

Consequently, raions were subdivided into councils, which were the prime level of administrative division in the country.

Each of the raion's urban localities administered their own councils, often containing a few other villages within its jurisdiction.

However, only a handful of rural localities were organized into councils, which also might contain a few villages within its jurisdiction.