Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Krasiatychi. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven.
Krasiatychi served as the administrative center for this area. In 2020, the raion was dissolved as part of a Ukrainian administrative restructuring that decreased the number of raions within Kyiv Oblast to seven.