The administrative center of the raion was an urban-type settlement of Markivka.

The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government.

[4] Markivka Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.

[5] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.

This article about a location in Luhansk Oblast is a stub.