The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was 63,064 (2020 est.).

[2] Perevalsk Raion was located in the southwestern part of Luhansk Oblast.

[citation needed] On 30 December 1962, the administrative divisions of rural areas of the Ukrainian SSR were "consolidated", leading to the dissolution of Komunarsk Raion and the incorporation of its former area into Lysychansk Raion.

[7][better source needed] On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast, the Verkhovna Rada on 7 October 2014 made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts.

In the Russian federal subject known as the Luhansk People's Republic, the region still has the status of an administrative centre.