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Village Aleksiejewicze

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The village Aleksiejewicze was mentioned in 1783 as part of Braszewicze parish. Some of the inhabitants were “Boyars”.

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In 1858 it was mentioned as the center of Imienin volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province. There were 262 revision “souls” (state peasants) living in the village. They used to be subjects of the Torokany monastery.

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The village of Aleksiejewicze can be seen on the 1860 Schubert's map.

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1860 Schubert's map
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In 1886, the village had 28 courtyards and 377 inhabitants, there was a windmill.

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In 1890, the village community (Aleksiejewicze and Baruke) had 686 dessiatinas of land, of which 283 were usable.

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In 1905 the village had 580 inhabitants.

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After World War I and the Polish-Bolshevik war, starting in 1921, the village was part of the Imienin Commune, Drohiczyn County, Polesie Voivodeship. The village had 38 yards and 244 inhabitants, of whom 235 were Orthodox. There was a functioning school with 50 pupils.

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School
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WIG map
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With the advent of Soviet power from 04.12.1939, Aleksiejewicze was listed in Drohichyn district, Pinsk region, BSSR and had 96 courtyards, 615 inhabitants. From 15.01.1940 it was in Drohiczyn district.

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Since 1941 the village was under German occupation. According to local residents, the Germans killed the Jews living in the village on the first day. Partisan detachments were active in the area. In the village cemetery in a mass grave were buried partisans of the Suvorov detachment of the Brest partisan unit who died in battles near Aleksiejewicze.

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Map of the Red Army (RKKA)
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From 12.10.1940 to 16.07.1954 it was the center of the village council of Drohiczyn district. On December 9, 1948, the collective farm “30 Years of the BSSR” was organized in Aleksiejewicze. Later it united with the cooperatives of Dubowiki, Laski, Sycze and Tyniewicze. During the consolidation, the villages Dubowiki and Laski were moved to the central farmstead, and Sycze became part of Aleksiejewicze.

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During the Great Patriotic War 35 villagers died, 32 of whom were at the front.

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In 1960 the village had 267 inhabitants. In 1969 — 138 yards and 456 inhabitants, it was the center of the collective farm “30 Years of the BSSR”. In 1995 the village had 254 households and 5 inhabitants.

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In the village there is a functioning school, kindergarten, obstetric station, communication department, house of culture, a monument to fellow countrymen who died in the Great Patriotic War, and a monument at the place where pilot Nikolai Mikhailovich Glowa took the falling plane away from residential houses on February 12, 1990.

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Monument to pilot Nikolai Mikhailovich Glowa
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Antopol, family Manor Brewern

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In the past Antopol was part of a large land property. In the 18th and 19th centuries it belonged to the Bystrych family, then to the Giedrojci family. At the turn of the XVIII-XIX centuries, a classicist mansion was built here.

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In the second half of the 19th century, Duke Romuald Giedroyc married Barbara von Brevern. The huge estate, which at the beginning of the 20th century consisted of eight estates, was taken over by the russified von Brevern family.

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A drawing of the Napoleon Orde estate from 1861-1877 has been preserved.

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View from the side of the driveway (1861–1877)
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During the II Rzeczypospolitej (1918–1938) the manor gradually fell into decay, and with the arrival of the communist authorities it was finally destroyed. The only thing that remains is a part of the homestead park.

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The site of the manor house in Antopol
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Village Biala

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The village of Biala was first mentioned in 1783 as part of Bezdziez Key, Brest Voivodeship. From 1795 it was part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim district. From 1797 — Lithuanian, from 1801 — Grodno province.

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In 1858 the village was in Bezdziez volost, Kobryn district, and belonged to the Mikick village community (113 surveyed souls, state villagers).

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The village was noted on Schubert's maps of 1843–1863.

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Schubert's map 1846–1863
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One-verst map of the Russian Empire
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In 1905 there were 136 inhabitants. In 1921–1939 the village was part of Bezdziez gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 42 courtyards and 223 inhabitants.

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Three-verst map
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Since 1925 an underground communist party was active in the village. In 1930 the village had 42 households and an elementary school.

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Polish WIG map
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Since 04.12.1939 the village was in Bezdziez parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, BSSR. The village had 48 households and 283 inhabitants. From 15.01.1940 it was in Drohiczyn district. From 12.10.1949 it belonged to Wawulicze village council.

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During the Great Patriotic War 19 inhabitants of the village died, 16 of whom did not return from the front.

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RKKA map (500m)
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Since 1954 the village has been in Drohiczyn district. In 1960 it had 321 inhabitants, in 1970 — 298 inhabitants, in 1995 — 65 yards and 140 inhabitants. In 2005 — 61 households and 144 inhabitants. In 2023 — 38 households and 85 inhabitants.

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Brashevich Orthodox Church

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The modern Orthodox church in Braszewicze was built in 1911 from brick. The iconostasis of the church was made in 1867 by engineer Kandruntsev (transferred from the previous church).

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Modern Orthodox church in Braszewicze
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During the Second Polish Republic (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska, II Rzeczpospolita) 1918–1939, on maps it is marked as a church.

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Polish map, 1918–1939
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Schubert's maps of 1866-1887 indicate the church in Braszewicze as Orthodox.

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Schubert maps, 1866–1887
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In the book “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1” there is a mention of the church:

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+ In the village of Braszewicze, Kobrin district, Bezdziez subordination, in the parish church. The church is wooden, with the same bell tower, in a wooden fence, built in 1686 by Bishop Venedikt Zhukhovsky. It was built 42 versts away from the town of Kobrin. – Parishioners at the church: 1315 males and 1239 females, and a total of 2554 – in 8 villages: Braszewicze, Volk, Gumniszcze, Dymsk, Ziolow, Illiszice, Simonowicze, and Szarewicze, of which the most distant from the parish church, Simonowicze, is 8 versts away. – There is a church attached to the Trinity Church in Braszewicze, a church school in Gumnicze with 20 boys, and a public school in Braszewicze. – The parish consists of two persons: a priest and a psalmist, with a salary of 522 rubles 8 kopecks. The church land in use is 11076 tens: homestead land 4.15 tens, plowed land 63.01 tens, plow land 30.52 tens, pasture land 7.93 tens, flax land 0.35 tens, and some other land 4.80 tens. Lit. Eparch. 1876 г. №24: 1055. +
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There is also a 2nd record of the church:

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+ In the village of Braszewicze, Kobrin district, Bezdziez sub-district, attached to the parish church of Transfiguration. The church is wooden, with the same belfry, in a wooden fence, – it was built in 1867 from an empty old church building, unknown when it was built. +
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On the 1864 maps of Grodno province from Rittich's atlas, the church in Brashevichi was marked, and the settlement was designated as Catholic.

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Rittich's maps, 1864
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At the time of the Union, the church in Brashevichi was a Uniate church from 1596 to 1839. This is confirmed by the records of vicars and priests of the church:

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There is also a sketch by Napoleon Orda of what the Uniate church in Brashevichi looked like.

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+ Napoleon Orda sketch of Uniate church +
Around the 18th century (Napoleon Orda)
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There are also gravestones from the time of the Unia near the church.

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Gravestones from the Uniate era
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It's also worth adding that on the Marmon website records of the metric orthodox books are preserved: Greek Catholic Church. Brashevichi (Kobrin) – 1823.

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There are also metric books in RGIA about the Uniate church in Braszewicze from 1767 to 1801:

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RGIA Uniate metric books, 1767–1801
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In the list of Christian Catholic settlements of 1726 – Brashevichi is mentioned as the center of the parafia.

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Christian Catholic settlements, 1726
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It’s worth adding that metric books (metrical records) for Braszewicze are available in the Main Archive of Old Acts:

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Village Chomiczyce

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It was first mentioned in 1577 and 1589 as part of the Przyszychwosty village (now Pierwomajsk). At the end of the 17th century, the village was part of the Przyszychwosty estate, owned by Wladyslaw Przyszychwost. After his death in 1703, it was sold to Martin Dominik Walowicz, Marshal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, for 5,000 zlotys (together with the village of Chudlin). From 1791, it was part of the Kobryn County, Brest Voivodeship.

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From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn County of the Slonim Province, from 1797 in the Lithuanian Province, and from 1801 in the Grodno Province.

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Map 1 — Schubert map 1832
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Map 2 — Military-topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846–1863
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In 1858, the village was in the Antopol volost, the center of the rural community, part of the Antopol estate of Count Kazimir Orzorowski, and had 130 revision souls (state peasants). In 1890, the rural community owned 511.5 dessiatines of land, of which 212 were suitable for cultivation. In 1905, there were 432 inhabitants.

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Antopol gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie province. In 1921, there were 36 households and 156 inhabitants. In the 1930s, there were 63 households and a primary school.

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Map 5 — German kdwr map
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Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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Since 1939, it has been part of the Belarus SSR. In 1940, the village was in the Osipowicze village council, Antopol district, Brest region, and had 335 inhabitants.

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Map 7 — Red Army map
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During the Great Patriotic War, 14 residents of the village died, and 12 did not return from the front. Since 1959, it has been part of the Drohiczyn District. In 1960, the village was part of the Holowczyce Village Council and had 261 inhabitants. In 1970, there were 255 inhabitants, and in 1995, there were 47 households and 88 inhabitants.

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Church in Chomsk

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Until the end of the XVIII century the owners of Chomsk were the Oginski family, unfortunately it is not known in what year they bought (or were given) the land. The first mention of the church just coincides with the dates when they were the owners of Homsk.

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According to the documents stored in RGIA, the oldest mention of the church in Chomsk as a Uniate church is a document from 1698 to 1801.

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+ RGIA document 1698-1801 +
Document 1 — RGIA, Uniate church mention (1698–1801)
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It is worth mentioning the “List of Christian Catholic settlements of 1726”. Where Chomsk Oppidum is mentioned.

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Document 2 — List of Christian Catholic settlements (1726)
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At the end of the 18th century, Wojciech Puslowski bought Chomsk from the Oginski. There is no information about the reasons why the old church was destroyed or fell into disrepair. But already in 1800 Wojciech built a new Uniate church in Chomsk.

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This is confirmed by the preserved metric books for 1823 on the Marmon site.

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Document 3 — Uniate metric books (1823)
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There is also a mention of a Uniate priest in the church:

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+ Stepan Pashkevich, * 1808. Studied at the Volensk Greek Theological Seminary {[29.08.1827 0 1831], good reasons; Candidate of Theology 1831; crowned by Lithuanian Episcopal Bishop I. Semashka 1832; saint of the Tsar of Lithuania. Syamashko 1832; saint of the tsar's church in the town of Chomsk, Kobrynsk. Khomsk of Kobrynsk Pav. 1836 - 25.02.1837; Dragicheskiy Vice-Dean of 1830s; foreman of Zhyrovitskaya (Lithuanian) spiritual seminary of 1830s. [191; 576, arc. 71 adv.; 695]. +
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After the Council of Polotsk, the church was handed over to the Orthodox. In 1864 it was marked on Rittich's maps, which means that it was active at that time.

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Map 4 — Rittich map (1864)
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On Schubert's 1866 - 1887 maps, the church was also mapped (either before or after the fire circa 1870-72).

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Map 5 — Schubert map (1866–1887)
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After the fire of 1870 - 1872 (approximately) the church was renovated and rebuilt by architect Guriev. There is also a small description of the rebuilt church.

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+ Khomskaya Tsarkva was built in the style of classism. It was built with a round bathing rotunda, three basins separated by 4-column portcullis with 3-cornered fronds, under which the entrances to the temple were built. The interior had a round calanade, which was used for bathing. +
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The metric books are already orthodox and can be found in the Grodno archive or on the Marmons' website.

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+ Orthodox metric books 1870-1833 +
Document 6 — Orthodox metric books (1870–1833), Grodno archive
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Document 7 — Orthodox metric books (1870–1883), Marmon
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There is also a mention of our church in “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1.”

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Document 8 — Descriptions of churches and parishes, Vol. 1
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It is worth noting that it mentions a church destroyed in 1829. It is quite possible that the church did burn before 1829. But there are no documents confirming this, and it may well be a misprint.

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At the time of II Rzeczypospolitej the church was functioning as an Orthodox church, but the maps were canceled as a church.

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Map 9 — Polish map (II Rzeczpospolita)
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It is known that in 1915 there was a fire in the church. The church bell was made in 1930 on donations from a resident of the village of Chomsk Ivan Alekseevich Onisko. There are also photos of those times of the church in 1929.

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Photo 10 — Church (1929)
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Photo 11 — Church (1929)
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Photo 12 — Church (1929)
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After the partition of Poland in 1939, these territories went to the USSR.

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In 1943, during World War II, German troops burned the church together with 65 inhabitants of the town. After the war, services were held in the church in a wooden annex to the church.

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There is a description of the church that remained after the war:

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+ To the left of the entrance there is a broken plank church with an old royal bell. A stone parkan was drilled in the vakol of the tsarqva. +
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There are mentions that the priest, Priest Eugene Vladimirovich Shpakovsky, served in the church. Shpakovsky served in the Church of the Intercession from the late 40's to 1954. The headman in the Khom temple in those years could be Ivan Trofimovich Zima.

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Also after the war an attempt was made to rebuild and return the temple to the Orthodox, as evidenced by a letter from the church council of Chomsk to the Pinsk Regional Executive Committee:

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+ Our church was built in the early twentieth century, burned down by the German fascists on July 5, 1943, the day of the mass murder of the citizens of the village of Chomsk... The bodies of those killed are buried in a mass grave near the aforementioned church. Nowadays the church building is a stone box with well-preserved eight columns that supported the ceiling. It can be easily restored. According to the estimate made for the restoration of our church, all construction costs will cost 97 850rub. 26 kopecks... +
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Letter from Archpriest Dilevsky Nikolai Semenovich:

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+ The walls of the temple remained intact and quite still strong, only the upper part of the temple was destroyed - the roof and the wooden dome. The local believing population is in dire need of restoration of their ruined temple... They (parishioners) can replenish 50% of the estimated amount by giving their labor force for this purpose... The population is characterized by special religiosity. The present temple, a boarded-up barrack, cannot satisfy all the religious needs of the believers..... +
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+ On 29 verasnya 1952 the wooden annex to the brick wall of the former church in Chomsk is a prayer house, the roof is very dilapidated and threatens to collapse. The community of believers was contractually obliged to make current repairs. The church council discussed the issue of repairs and agreed to start rebuilding the ruined church building..... Talking with the church headman, in the sense of restoration the latter said that they already had twenty thousand rubles collected by donations in the church...” DABV, F.1482, vop.1, p.8, ark.108. +
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But the decision was to destroy the church and transfer the church materials to the Kirov collective farm. The decision was made in 1964, finally the church was destroyed in 1972.

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There is a photo of the church before the destruction but already in poor condition in 1960.

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Photo 13 — Church in poor condition (1960)
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According to a local resident, the demolition of the church took place as follows:

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+ The church was finally demolished in the early 70s, two caterpillar tractors caught the cables. The priest and his wife were reburied some time later, when the asphalt road was laid. The graves were near the walls of the church, but as reburied ... I was present at this barbarity as a kid. They dug up the grave, opened the stone crypt, the brick one. On the first day they took out a zinc coffin, almost whole, they loaded it on the car and opened the coffin: there was a bearded skeleton in church vestments. (sorry, Lord) with a copper (bronze?) cross in his hands. those who opened (by the way, not local, some shabashniki in ancient times were) beard lifted the deceased, the gold cross, they say, people who were present were looking for, began to resent the coffin was closed, taken to the local cemetery, in a new grave placed and the next day they took out of the crypt the coffin of the wife of the deceased also opened out of curiosity (the remains are poorly preserved) and also taken to a new place of rest ... They threw earth, monuments (marble, beautifully made) were put up in some way, their cast-iron fence was dumped ... +
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Now on the place of the church there is a house of culture. In the center of the agro-town appeared a memorial sign (a cross, a stone and a bell) of the church that used to be there. BrestCITI was informed about it by reader Anna and sent a photo. On the installed memorial plaque reads: “St. Pokrovskaya Church, a unique architectural monument, which has few analogs in Europe. It was built in 1800 by Wojciech-Puslowski, the owner of Chomsk. In the photo below, in the background is the house of culture.

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Photo 14 — Memorial sign and House of Culture
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The current Intercession Church in the village of Chomsk was built in 1992. It was consecrated on February 25, 1993.

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Photo 15 — New Intercession Church (2020)
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Belin

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Belin was first mentioned as part of the estate of the Pinsk princess Maria Hasztold at the end of the 15th century. In 1522 there is a mention of Prince Fedor Ivanovich Yaroslavich of Pinsk to the Cathedral of St. Dmitry in Pinsk (tribute and payments from the "Bolince"). In 1555 it was mentioned in the letter of Queen Bona Sforza to Matej Vojtechovich as a village in the Pinsk starostvo. In 1565 it belonged to Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship.

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The church in Belin was built in 1785 by the Orzeszko family. This is confirmed in the "Description of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1". However, the information that in 1880 the church fell into disrepair is not correct.

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Church / Icon in Belin
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In 1811 Belin is mentioned as the property of Hadkiewicz (The Earl of).

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The earliest mention of the church is found in the list of Uniate ministers. In 1832 it is listed as a chapel attached to the Osow church.

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+ Hreczka Bazyli (Гречка Василеи), *1759. Of aristocratic origin. Apostolic priest; lives in Belin of Kobryn district. 28.04.1798.
+ Mother Mariana, *1737; Marianne, sister, *1793; wife Praksed?, *1774; daughters: Kristina *1793, Anna *1795, Marianna *1797. +
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+ Kuzminsky Yustin (Ustin), *1800. Chaplain of the chapel in the village Belin of Kobryn district (attached to the church in the village of Vosauka) 1832-1836. +
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In 1858 Belin belonged to Kalikst Orzeszko. In 1863 the authorities created local self-defense detachments in Belin against the participants of the uprising. On 06.05.1863 near the village there was a battle between the detachment of Romuald Traugutt and tsarist troops.

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+ Population map of Grodno province 1864 +
Population map of Grodno province from Rittich's atlas (church in "Belinsk" marked)
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Schubert's map 1866–1867 (church marked)
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At the time of the II Rzeczpospolita (1918–1939) it is marked on maps as a functioning chapel. After World War II the chapel fell into disrepair and was not preserved.

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The approximate location of the former chapel can be seen on modern maps.

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Approximate location of the former chapel (2019)
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During the Great Patriotic War in February–March 1944 near the village fought partisan detachments named after Molotov (brigade commander M.I. Gerasimov).

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Bezdziez

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Bezdziez is mentioned in the 15th century as "Bezdež Parish", as part of the Zdítov Parish. In 1409 Grand Duke Witowt gave Bezdeż parish to the Church of the Mother of God in Troki. In 1495 Bezdeż is mentioned in the gift harmony of the Minsk princess Maria Semyonova Aleksandrovna and her son Prince Vasily Semeonovich to the Pinsk viceroy Furs Ivanovich.

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In documents from 1517 to the 18th century, the Bezdež estate owned by the canons of the church in Troki is mentioned. In 1561-66 Bezdež received town rights. In 1622 the Bezdež church was mentioned. Until 1744 a Roman Catholic parish was established.

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In August–September 1771, near Bezdež there was a heavy battle between the Bar confederates under the command of Hetman M.K. Oginsky and detachments of Russian troops of A.A. Albishav.

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In the "Historical Lithuanian Archives" there are metric books from 1700 to 1801, confirming that a church was already functioning there at that time. The parish of Bezdziez is also mentioned in the list of Christian Catholic settlements of 1726.

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1726 document mentioning the parish of Bezdziez
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The current Holy Trinity Church was built in 1784 on the foundations of a 17th-century Uniate church which had burned down (according to other sources — in 1818). It was originally a Uniate church. This is confirmed by records of Uniate priests who served here until 1839:

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+ Nowicki Kazimierz, saint of the tsars church in Bezdzež, Pinsk poviat. 02.10.1785.
+ Markovskiy Konstantin, church servant in the town of Bezdzež, Kobrynsky district. 03.12.1819.
+ Ivan Ivanovich, *1804, vicar of the church in Bezdzež, 1836–1837.
+ Mihalevich Vasily, *1798, priest of the church in Bezdzež, 1832–1837. +
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Copies of metrical Uniate books from 1823 are available on the FamilySearch website.

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Rittich's 1864 map
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Schubert's 1866 map
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In the book "Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1" (1899) there is a description of the Holy Trinity Church in Bezdzież.

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+ Description of the Holy Trinity Church 1899 +
Description of the Holy Trinity Church (1899)
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Additional page from the 1899 description
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During the II Rzeczpospolita (1918–1939) maps show both the church and the parish.

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Map from 1919–1939 period
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At present the church is in satisfactory condition.

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+ Holy Trinity Church in Bezdziez today +
Holy Trinity Church in Bezdziez (2015)
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Village Czerniewicze

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The village has been known in written sources since the 15th century. In the first half of the 15th century, the village in the Kobryn volost, Kobrin principality, belonged to Prince Simeon Romanowicz. After 1435, it was part of the economic volosts of the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Zygimont soon Keijstut. In the 16th century, it was part of the Borodycze volost, Kobryn district, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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In 1558, there were 8 houses, and the income from the village was 6 kopecks and 1 Lithuanian groschen. From 1554, it belonged to Walerian Protasewicz, Bishop of Lutsk and Brest, who in 1559 registered the Borodycze volost with the Wilno Chapter. The peasants were subject to taxation and paid a tax of 87 Lithuanian groschen (1580). At the beginning of the 1780s, the village was in the Braszewicze volost, and some of its inhabitants were called “boyars.”

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From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 in the Lithuanian district, and from 1801 in the Grodno province.

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Map 1 — Schubert map 1832
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Map 2 — Military-topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846–1863
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In 1858, the village was part of the Podreck rural community in the Imienin volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province. There were 109 revision souls (state peasants) who were subjects of the Torokany monastery.

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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In 1905, the village had 420 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland. The village was located in the Chomsk commune, Drohiczyn district, Polesie province. In 1921, there were 81 households and 403 inhabitants. Belarusians made up 98.8% of the population, Jews — 1.2%. Orthodox Christians predominated (98.8%).

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Map 5 — German military map kdwr
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Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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Since 1939, it has been part of the BSSR, in the Drohiczyn County, Pinsk Region, a village in the Chomsk District. There were 434 inhabitants. Since October 12, 1940, it has been part of the Zabierz village council, Drohiczyn district.

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During the Great Patriotic War, 15 inhabitants of the village were killed. Since 1954, it has been part of the Chomsk village council, Drohiczyn district, Brest region. In 1959, there were 289 inhabitants, in 1970 — 269 inhabitants, and in 1995, there were 45 households and 102 inhabitants.

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David Staiman

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David Barnard Steinman (1886–1960)
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David Barnard Steinman was an outstanding American bridge engineer.

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According to one version, he was born on June 11, 1886 in Chomsk, Drohiczyn district, in a Jewish family. At the age of 4 he emigrated to the United States with his family. According to another version, David was already born in New York after the family had moved there.

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The Steinman family lived in Chomsk, Drohiczyn uyezd, Grodno province. Little is known about David’s early childhood, but it is mentioned that he had a large family — 6 siblings.

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He graduated from Columbia College. His professional career includes:

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On August 21, 1960, David Steinman died in New York.

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During his lifetime he participated in the construction and reconstruction of more than 26 major bridges. Information about his projects can be found here:

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At the age of 63, David Steinman became interested in poetry. Many people wrote to him that his bridges were like poetry. This inspired him to start writing. His love for bridge building is reflected in the titles of two of his poems: “The Bridge” and “I Built a Bridge”. In 1955 he published the book I Built a Bridge and Other Poems. He became a leader in several poetry organizations, including president of the Wisconsin Poetry Foundation and director of the Poetry Institute in New York.

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The church in Derewna

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It is known that since the 17th century Derewna was a stopping place for Jesuits for missionary work. A church was built here, which had an image of the “Mother of God”.

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The list of Christian Catholic settlements from 1726 mentions Derewnia (Derevnia).

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Photo 1 — List of Christian Catholic settlements, 1726
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Since 1744 Derewna has been a branch church of the Braszewicze parish. It is included in the deanery of Szereszewski, Lutsk parish.

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List of missionaries who served in Derewna:

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In 1745 a Greek Catholic church was built in Derewna.

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Photo 2 — Greek Catholic church built in 1745
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In 1773 the area and the property were given to the state.

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There is a mention of a Greek-Catholic clergyman — Dyshkovskiy Pavel (*1785), who served in Derewna in 1832–1837.

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Photo 3 — Greek-Catholic metric books 1754–1799
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Photo 4 — Greek-Catholic metric books 1799–1801
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Photo 5 — Greek Catholic metric books 1824 (FamilySearch)
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After the Council of Polotsk in 1839, the church was handed over to the Orthodox.

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Photo 6 — Rittich map 1864 (church marked)
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Photo 7 — Schubert map 1866 (church marked)
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During the II Rzeczpospolita (1918–1939) the church was active and marked on maps.

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Photo 8 — Church in 1918–1938
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After the arrival of Soviet power and during World War II the church fell into disrepair. In 1967 it was completely destroyed by bulldozer and the ruins were burned.

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Photo 9 — Plan of the church before destruction
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Photo 10 — Church in 1960 (before destruction)
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On the initiative of local residents and with their donations, restoration work began in 2012. The new temple was consecrated in 2018.

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Photo 11 — Restored church (2018)
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Photo 12 — Restored church (2018)
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Church in Detkowicze

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The parish of Detkowicze was founded and the wooden church was built in 1740 by the landowner Pavel Bukhovetsky, a clerk of the Brest voivodeship. The church was built during the Union period and adapted for Uniate worship.

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It is known that the church was repaired in the 1820s.

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Detkowicze is mentioned in the “List of Christian Catholic settlements in 1726”.

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Photo 1 — List of Christian Catholic settlements, 1726
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Description of the church (folk wooden architecture):

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Photo 2 — Uniate metric books 1742–1798
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Photo 3 — Uniate metric books 1798–1801
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Photo 4 — Uniate metric books 1823–1828 (FamilySearch)
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List of Uniate priests who served in Detkowicze:

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In the 1840s, during the conversion to an Orthodox church, the interior was changed.

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+ Rittich map 1864 +
Photo 5 — Rittich map 1864 (church marked)
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Photo 6 — Schubert map 1866 (two churches marked)
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Photo 7 — Description from “Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar” (1899)
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Photo 8 — Additional page from 1899 description
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In 1884, priest Konstantin Zhukovich began major renovation works. The church was rebuilt according to the project of engineer A. Remer. The consecration took place on October 22, 1888.

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During the II Rzeczpospolita (1919–1939) the church was active and marked on maps.

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Photo 9 — Church in 1919–1939
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Today the Holy Protection Church is a monument of folk wooden architecture. It consists of two rectangular log cabins with a common gable roof, an octagonal turret with an onion dome, and a separate two-tiered belfry-gate.

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Photo 10 — Holy Protection Church today
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Photo 11 — Holy Protection Church (another view)
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Village of Droboty

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The village of Droboty was mentioned in 1783 as part of Droboty Key, in Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship.

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Since 1795 it was part of the Russian Empire.

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Map 1 — One-verst map 1801–1845
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Map 2 — Tithe map 1816–1840
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Map 3 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846–1863
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Map 4 — Three-verst map 1865
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In 1858 the village was in Bezdziez volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province, part of the Kramnowska rural community. There were 112 revision souls (state villagers). In 1890 the settlement belonged to several landowners and had 57 dessiatinas of land. In 1905 there were 148 inhabitants in the village and 148 in the estate.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Bezdziez gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 51 courtyards and 29 inhabitants. In the 1930s there were 13 courtyards and 52 inhabitants.

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939 it was part of the BSSR, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 12.10.1940 it belonged to Wawulicze village council. There were 70 yards and 377 inhabitants.

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Map 7 — German kdwr map
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During the Great Patriotic War 26 inhabitants of the village died, 14 at the front. In June 1944 the Nazi invaders burned 67 courtyards.

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Since 08.01.1954 it has been part of Brest region, Gutovsky village council. In 1960 there were 368 inhabitants, in 1970 — 488 inhabitants, in 1995 — 101 yards and 199 inhabitants.

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Church in Drohiczyn

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There is no exact date of construction of the church in Drohiczyn. The oldest documents mentioning it begin from the 18th century.

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The “List of Christian Catholic settlements in 1726” mentions Dorochyczyn Oppidum.

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Photo 1 — List of Christian Catholic settlements, 1726
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Photo 2 — Uniate metric books 1760–1798
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Photo 3 — Uniate metric books 1823
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In 1827 the church burned down. Only the icon was saved. The church was wooden, only the foundation remained.

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List of Uniate clergy who served in the church:

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In 1837 the Lithuanian Ecclesiastical Consistory issued an order to build a new parish church, as the Uniate convent was abolished and its building was transferred to the Orthodox St. Sretensky Church. Due to the poor condition of the building, it was not suitable for reconstruction, but services continued there.

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Photo 4 — Orthodox metric books 1845–1861
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For almost 20 years the issue of building a new church was being resolved. Only in 1858 permission was received. The church was built in 1863 according to the project approved by the Grodno provincial construction commission.

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+ Rittich map 1864 +
Photo 5 — Rittich map 1864 (church marked)
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Photo 6 — Schubert map 1866–1887 (church marked)
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Photo 7 — Description from “Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar” (1899)
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The church is a monument of folk wooden architecture: a rectangular log house with a gable roof, a three-tiered belfry with an onion dome, and a porch.

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Photo 8 — Church in 1918–1939
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Photo 9 — Orthodox metric books 1912–1914
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After the establishment of Soviet power the church gradually fell into decline. In the 1970s it was in poor condition. Significant revival and renovation of the church began with the arrival of Archpriest Peter Pinchuk. His son, Archpriest John Pinchuk, continued the work: a baptistery was completed, a Sunday school and sisterhood were opened, and a library was created.

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Photo 10 — Holy Presentation (Sretensky) Church today (2018)
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Village Dubowa

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The village on the one-verst map of the 1860s:

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Map 1 — One-verst map 1801–1845
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Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846–1863
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Map 3 — Three-verst map 1865
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From written sources it is mentioned in 1860 in the Poluszyn village community, Iłosk parish, Kobryn district. There were 101 revision souls (state villagers), together with the village of Poluszyn Lava. It was part of the Poluszyn estate of the landlord Radewicz. In 1905 there were 79 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, Iłosk commune, Kobrin district, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 3 households and 10 inhabitants. In the 1930s there were 24 courtyards. There was an elementary school in the village.

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Photo 4 — Elementary school in Dubowa (1921)
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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939 it was part of the BSSR. From 15.01.1940 in Antopol district, Brest region. From 12.10.1940 in Detkowicze village council, there were 95 inhabitants and an elementary school.

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During the Great Patriotic War 7 inhabitants died, 5 at the front. Since 08.08.1959 it has been part of Drohiczyn district. In 1970 there were 214 inhabitants, in 1995 — 56 yards and 109 inhabitants.

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Village Dubrowa

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From written sources the village has been known since the 18th century.

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Map 1 — One-verst map 1801–1845
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Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846–1863
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Map 3 — Three-verst map 1865
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From 1905 it was a tract in Drohiczyn volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province. There were 48 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Drohiczyn commune, Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 the colony of Dubrowa had 7 yards and 33 inhabitants, and Zascianek had 7 yards and 33 inhabitants.

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Map 4 — Polish WIG map
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Since 1939 it was part of the BSSR. From 15.01.1940 in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 12.10.1940 in Starosielsk village council. In 1939 the colony Dubrowa had 119 yards and 86 inhabitants.

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During the Great Patriotic War 13 inhabitants of the village died, 8 did not return from the front. Since 1954 it has been part of Brest region, since 1965 in Drogichin village council. In 1960 there were 158 inhabitants, in 1970 — 186 inhabitants, in 1995 — 72 yards and 187 inhabitants.

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Village of Dubrowki

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On the single page map you can see our village marked, it is 1860 years:

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Map 1 — One-verst map 1801–1845
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From written sources the village is known from 1858, in Bezdziez parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. It was a part of Zatocka rural municipality. There were 192 revision souls (state villagers). The village is shown on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846–1863
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The village is on the map of 1865:

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Map 3 — Three-verst map 1865
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In 1905 there were 350 inhabitants in the village.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland. In Chomsk Commune, Drohiczyn District, Poleskie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 76 yards and 370 inhabitants (Orthodox). In 1924 there was a kolchoz cell (leader V.S. Strapka). In the ethnic composition of the population of that period the Poleshuk people made 79.2%. The village is on the WIG map:

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From 1939 in the BSSR, in Dubrowki parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 12.10.1940 in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, there were 102 households and 502 inhabitants. There was a primary school. From 15.01.1940 it was a part of Zaslawsk village council. The village is on the map of the Red Army:

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The village on the German map kdwr:

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Map 6 — German KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War 11 inhabitants of the village died, all of them did not return from the front. Since 1954 in Khomskiy village council, Drohiczyn district, Brest Oblast. There were 349 inhabitants. In 1970 - 375 inhabitants, in 1995 - 56 yards and 123 inhabitants. Till 2004 it was a part of Kirov collective farm.

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Village of Dziatlowicze

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The settlement was marked on maps in the 1860 one-turn map:

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Map 1 — One-verst map 1801–1845
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On the tenth map of 1865:

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Map 2 — Ten-verst map 1816–1840
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On the military topographic map of the Russian Empire of 1846-1863:

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Map 3 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846–1863
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From written sources the settlement Dziatlowicze is known from the 19th century. In 1858 the village is in Wolowiel parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. It was the center of the village community within the estate of Zakoziel Kalikst Orzeszko, there were 112 revision souls (state villagers). The settlement is marked on the 1865 triple-quarter map:

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Map 4 — Three-verst map 1865
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Mention of the settlement in the “Geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries” 1880-1914:

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Document 5 — Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, 1880–1914
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In 1890 the community owned 271 dessiatinas of land, of which only 71 dessiatinas were usable. In 1905 there were 246 inhabitants in the village and 8 inhabitants in the estate.

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In 1921 - 1939 in Poland, the village was part of the Wolowiel commune, Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 the village had 20 yards and 144 inhabitants, 143 were Orthodox. There was a functioning school in the village:

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Photo 6 — School in Dziatlowicze (1921)
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Map 7 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939 the village was part of the BSSR, in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 15.01.1940 in Antopol district, Brest region, from 12.10.1940 in Holowczyce village council, there were 273 inhabitants. In the Great Patriotic War 14 inhabitants of the village, military and partisans died. The village on the map of the Red Army:

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Map 9 — German KDWR map
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In 1947 a collective farm was established. Since 1959 in Drohichy district, Brest region. In 1960 there were 288 inhabitants, in 1970 - 312 inhabitants, in 1995 - 59 yards and 129 inhabitants.

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Entin Szlomo

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Entin Shlomo was born in 1915 in Drohiczyn. He was a Zionist activist and participant in the resistance movement.

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Because of the moving war front of World War 2, his family moved to Yekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk). In 1922, the Entin family moved to Pinsk, where Shloma's father had a haberdashery store. Shlomo graduated from the Tarbut school and joined the Zionist movement. During the Holocaust, he was in Vilnius. He belonged to those who first thought of armed resistance to the Nazis. During the Yom Kippur campaign in 1941, when almost 4,000 people were killed. Jews from Vilnius, Entin, standing on Shavelska Street, distracted Lithuanian policemen to bring the Jews to the place of execution. In this way he saved the lives of several ghetto prisoners. At the end of 1941, he handed over to the Jewish underground in Warsaw the first reports of Jewish casualties in Vilnius. He asked for money and weapons for future militants. Back in Vilnius, Entin continued his activities underground. In April 1942, during one of his missions, Entin was arrested on his way from Bialystok to Warsaw. The Germans, who already knew about the forged documents of the “resistance movement”, carefully checked his documents and found that they were indeed forged. Together with his friends, Sara and Heshka Zilber, Shlomo was imprisoned in Warsaw. In July 1942, they were murdered.

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Church in Glinno

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The first mention of the church in Glinno can be attributed to 1660. The then Orthodox church was destroyed by the Polish army. This record is mentioned in Wlodimir Leontiuk's book “Slovnik Berestiyschyny”.

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Document 1 — First mention of the church (1660)
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It is not known in what year and by whom the old Orthodox church was built or restored. In the following records this church is mentioned as a Uniate church. This is confirmed by a list of Greek Catholic clergymen in Glinno:

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It should be noted that in 1795 the church was temporarily transferred to the orthodox department.

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There is also no information about what became of the Uniate church, but in 1773 Anthony Kulikovsky built (or restored) the church in Glinno.

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Document 2 — Church built/restored by Anthony Kulikovsky (1773)
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From 1754 to 1801. RGIA has Uniate metric books for our church.

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Document 3 — Uniate metric books (1791–1801)
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After the Council of Polotsk, the church was handed over to the Orthodox. During the Russian Empire, the church was active, which is confirmed by the maps of those times by Schubert and Rittich.

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Map 4 — Schubert / Rittich map (1864)
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Map 5 — Map (1866–1867)
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During II Republic of Poland until the outbreak of World War II, the church was also active, was marked on Polish maps.

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Map 6 — Polish map (1919–1938)
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At present there is no church in Glinno, unfortunately there is no information about the fate of the church after World War 2, who destroyed it and when. Perhaps the article, it will be possible in the future to supplement after a request to the bishop's office in Ivanovo district.

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Church in Gnewczyce

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The earliest mention of the church in Gniewczyce can be considered the book “Mironowicz A.: The Turaŭ-Pinsk bishopric in the 11th-16th centuries. Trans Humana, 2011.” Where in the Turow-Pińsk Biskupstvo the paraphyses in the XI-XVI century are described, the Gniewicz paraphy is also mentioned.

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The church after the signing of the Unia was converted to Greek Catholicism, which is confirmed by the preserved metric Uniate books in RGIA for 1800-1801.

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Document 1 — Uniate metric books (1800–1801)
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There is also a list of Uniate ministers from 1759:

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+ Hrehorowicz Stefan, priest of the church in the village. Gnewczyce of Pinsk district. 01.07.1759. Antonina's wife.

+ Halowczynski Jan, * 1798. Boy of the church in the village. Gnewczyce of Kobryn district. 11.02.1820. Avdotya's wife, * 1795.

+ Oleszkiewicz Piotr, * 1746. presented by Ignat Balhak, the Gniewchytskyi elder, on September 11, 1782; the priest of the church in Gnewczyce of Pinsk (after Kobryn district) [11.09.1782 - 11.02.1820]; Son Ludwig, * 1782, 11.02.1820 is mentioned as insane.

+ Oleszkiewicz Jan, Oleszkiewicz Ivan, * 1792. Consecrated by the Brest bishop I.-I. to Bulgak on 11/15/1814; vicars of the church in Gnewczyce Kobryn district. [15.11.1814 - 25.02.1837]. Wife Isabella, * 1797, son Simon, * 1819; daughter of Pelagia, * 1818. +
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It should be noted that in 1820, the church was built anew. It is not known for what reason the old one was destroyed. It is mentioned in “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1.” It was built (or restored) by Joseph Gutowski. At that time it was Greek-Catholic.

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+ Church built anew 1820 +
Document 2 — Church built anew by Joseph Gutowski (1820)
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After the Polotsk assembly of 1839, the church was handed over to the Orthodox.

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The church in Grevchitsy is marked on the maps of 1864 and 1866.

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+ Map 1864 +
Map 3 — Map (1864)
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+ Map 1866-1867 +
Map 4 — Map (1866–1867)
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On January 15, 1878, the Ivanowo dean consecrated the church building after it had been repaired.

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It is worth mentioning the “Grodno Diocesan Gazette” for 1906 June 18-25, No. 24-25. Vasily Banenovich, who completed the courses of a psalmist and was sent to church service in the village of Gnewczyce.

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In 1921 there were 414 Orthodox Christians and no Catholics in the village of Gnewczyce. In the period from 1914 to 1923 the parish of Gnewczyce village was a part of Ivanovo commune. In 1930, the rector of the church of Gnewczyce village was priest Nikolai Mikitchuk, under whom the church was renovated.

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+ Polish map 1918-1938 +
Map 5 — Polish map (1918–1938)
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In the early 1960s of the last century the temple was closed.

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At the end of the 70s the temple was completely destroyed. In 1999 an Orthodox community was organized, the foundation stone was illuminated and the construction of a new temple began. on donations from parishioners. June 24, 2002 was made a rite of foundation of the temple. November 24, 2007 - the consecration of the temple.

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Photo 6 — New church (2020)
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Church in Holowczyce

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There are no precise data on the construction or already functioning church before the Union of Brest. The first official mention at this time can be considered in the list of Christian Catholic settlements of 1726, where Holowczyce is mentioned.

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+ List of Christian Catholic settlements 1726 +
Document 1 — List of Christian Catholic settlements (1726)
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In the description of “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1”, it is mentioned that the current church was built by the owner of the Holowczyce estate Kutnikov and parishioners in 1766 on the place of the old church, which burned down. It was built as a Uniate church. During the construction materials of the old Torokan church were used.

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+ Church built 1766 +
Document 2 — Church built by Kutnikov and parishioners (1766)
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The RGIA archive preserved Uniate metric books from 1767 to 1801.

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+ Uniate metric books 1767-1801 +
Document 3 — Uniate metric books (1767–1801)
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The Marmons site also has Uniate metrics for 1823.

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+ Uniate metrics 1823 +
Document 4 — Uniate metrics (1823)
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There are also records of Uniate priests who performed services in Golovchitsy:

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+ Druzhilovsky Yan, Druzhilovsky Ivan, priest of the church in the village of Heads of Kobryn district. 1832. [575, sheet. 63]

+ Druzhilovsky Ludvik son of Yan, Druzhilovsky Ludwig Ivanov, * 1805. Consecrated by the Brest bishop-suffragan L.-L. Yavarovskyi 1832; the priest of the church in Heads of Kobryn district. 1836 - 25.02.1837. [576, sheet. 67 Adv. - 68; 695] +
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After the Polotsk Cathedral the church was handed over to the Orthodox. The National Historical Archives of Belarus in Hrodna keeps the archives of the church for 1835-1874, 1881-1882, 1929.

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An Orthodox parish in Holowczyce is marked on Rittich's maps for 1864.

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+ Rittich map 1864 +
Map 5 — Rittich map (1864)
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1866 and on Schubert's maps, it is also available.

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+ Schubert map 1866 +
Map 6 — Schubert map (1866)
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In 1875 the church was renovated. During the renovation a new iconostasis and a new floor were installed.

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There is a photo of the church at the beginning of the XX century.

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+ Church photo early XX century +
Photo 7 — Church at the beginning of the XX century
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But for unknown reasons the church was lost in the early 20th century. Then in the village of Povit, Kobrin district, the church was dismantled and the material from the church was taken to the village of Holowczyce to rebuild the church. It was built with a “cross” and operated until 1942.

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During the II Rzeczpospolita the church was active, it was also marked on Polish maps of 1919 - 1939.

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+ Polish map 1919-1939 +
Map 8 — Polish map (1919–1939)
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From the memories of old residents, in 1942 on Good Friday of Holy Week in the afternoon, before the removal of the Shroud, there was a fire. From the church utensils managed to save the hoops and the coffin of the Shroud. After the fire a few services were held on the ashes, and then the parishioners began to go to the church in the village of Tolkovo. By permission of the German authorities, the church was soon rebuilt from the dismantled and transported Jewish synagogue from Antopol. Divine services began to be held already in 1943 on Easter.

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In 1948 the priest's family was repressed and taken to Siberia, and the priest was shot.

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The church was closed. The church building was used as a warehouse, and in 1952 the Executive Committee decided to transfer the church building to the village club.

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In September 1989 the building was returned to the believers. In a short period of time by the efforts of the parishioners the church was restored.

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Photo 9 — Church (2005)
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Village Goszewo

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The village of Goszewo was mentioned in 1793, a village in the Chomsk earldom, Kobrin County, Brest Voivodeship. There were 46 houses, 326 inhabitants. There was an estate near the village. The villagers had 11 swaths, 24 morgs of land, for which they paid 279 zloty, 21 grosz taxes.

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Since 1795 the village was part of the Russian Empire. The village is marked on the military topographical map of the Russian Empire in 1843-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 1 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846–1863
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In 1858 the village, the center of the rural community in Chomsk volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province, as part of the Chom estate of the Puslowski, the village had 245 revision souls (state villagers). On the site RGIA F. 733 Op. 235 Д. 288, you can find information about the village:

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+ The case with the report of the Wilno Chamber of Treasury on the issuance of landowner Puslowski money on the pledge of the estates Goshewo, Pieski, Szydlowicze and Stare Dzewizitkowicze Grodno province. +
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In 1905 there were 522 inhabitants in Imienin parish, 7 inhabitants in the estate.

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The village is shown on the map:

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+ One-verst map +
Map 2 — One-verst map
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Also on the map in triple layout:

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+ Three-verst map +
Map 3 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland. In 1921 there were 604 inhabitants living in 98 houses. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period, 98.2% were Belarusians and 1% were Jews. The confessional composition of the population was dominated by Orthodox Christians (99%). An underground group of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was active in the village. The village is marked on the WIG map:

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Map 4 — Polish WIG map
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Since 1939 in the BSSR, in Chomsk parish, Drohiczyn district. Since 15.01.1940 in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 12.10.1940 to 1959, the center of the village council. In 1940 the village had 174 yards and 942 inhabitants, there was a working elementary school. In the Great Patriotic War 53 inhabitants of the village died, 34 did not return from the front. The village is marked on the Red Army map:

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Map 5 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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In 1949 the Woroszylow collective farm was founded (chairman P.V. Woloszka). In 1959 there were 446 inhabitants in Chomsk village council, Drohiczyn district, Brest region. In 1970 - 748 inhabitants, in 1995 - 175 yards and 404 inhabitants. Until 2004 the village was part of the Kirow collective farm. In the village there was a partisan P.G. Sachaszczyk.

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Village Gubernja

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On the map of single wrap map we can see that there is a homestead on the place of today's Gubernja, and part of the estate is to the left of Antopol.

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+ One-verst map +
Map 1 — One-verst map
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On the 1846-1863 military topographic map of the Russian Empire, the place to the left of Antopol shows the New Antopol estate, and the place of today's Gubernja is the Old Antopol estate.

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846–1863
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Also these names are present on the three-quarter map:

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Map 3 — Three-verst map
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In the estate of Gubernja, Kobryn district, lived the brother of the poet Adam Mickiewicz, Alexander Julian Mickiewicz. After retiring around 1859, Alexander Mickiewicz, a former professor of Roman law at the Kharkov University, bought the Gubernja estate in Polesie and moved there with his wife Teresa and their two children, Franciszek and Maria. In Gubernia he wrote the works “Encyclopedia of Law” and “Course of Roman Law” (unpublished). In 1863 he assisted the rebels of the detachment of Romuald Traugutt.

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In 1905, Gubernja is mentioned as a folvarek of the Antopol estate; there were 27 inhabitants in Antopol parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province.

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From 1921 to 1939 in Poland, in Antopol commune, Kobryn district, Polesie voivodeship, settlement (colony), numbered 17 households, 128 inhabitants. In 1930 there were 35 households. The village is shown on the WIG map:

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Map 4 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939 in the BSSR. In 1940-59 in Antopol district, Brest region. From 1940 in Pervomayskiy village council, there were 35 households. In the Great Patriotic War 2 inhabitants of the village died, 9 villagers did not return from the front. The village is marked on the map of the Red Army:

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Map 5 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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In 1948 a collective farm was established. In 1959 there were 174 inhabitants in Pervomayskiy village council, Drohiczyn district. In 1970 - 279 inhabitants, in 1995 - 169 yards and 476 inhabitants.

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Village Gurka

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The settlement is mentioned at different times under different names - Gorki, Gurka, Górka.

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Our village is marked on the map of 1832 under the name "Gorka".

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+ Map 1832 Gorka +
Map 1 — Map of 1832 (named "Gorka")
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There is also a mention of Gorki on the Schubert maps of 1864-1887.

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+ Schubert maps 1864-1887 +
Map 2 — Schubert maps (1864–1887)
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On Russian maps from the early 20th century, the village is called Gurka.

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+ Russian map early XX century +
Map 3 — Russian map (early XX century)
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In a document from 1905, about the population of the Russian Empire with more than 500 inhabitants, Gurki is mentioned with a total population of 949 people, 470 males, 479 females.

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+ 1905 population document +
Document 4 — Population record (1905)
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During the II Rzeczpospolita, the village of Górka still existed, which is confirmed by maps.

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On Polish maps before 1919, the village is abolished under the name of Górka.

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+ Polish map before 1919 +
Map 5 — Polish map (before 1919)
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+ Polish map 1919-1939 +
Map 6 — Polish map (1919–1939)
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The situation with the parishes was as follows:

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After the communist power came to the territory of western Belarus, the name remained the same, and on July 10, 1940, the first collective farms were formed in the villages of Gurka and Osovtsy.

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According to information received from the chairman of the village executive committee, Gurka was last mentioned as a separate village in 1979.

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+ 1979 document +
Document 7 — Last mention as separate village (1979)
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Since 1980, Gurka has already been a part of Zakoziel.

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+ Area map with Zakoziel highlighted +
Map 8 — The area where Gurka is now located as part of Zakoziel is highlighted in blue.
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Village Halik

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The village of Halik is probably very closely connected with the history of the Dnieper-Bugs Canal, which in its time helped the settlement to grow into a village.

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The village of Halik is marked on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire of 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 1 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846–1863
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From written sources, the village is mentioned in 1858, Wolowiel volost, part of the Jamniki rural community, Kobryn district, Grodno province. It was part of the Ludwinowo estate of the landowner Kalikst Orzeszko, and there were 26 revision souls (state villagers) in the village. In 1905 the village had 52 inhabitants. It should be noted that the village is shown on the map in one-verse:

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Map 2 — One-verst map
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Also the map is triple-turned:

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Map 3 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939 in the Polish Voivodeship, Wolowiel Commune, Drohiczyn County, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 the village had 10 households, 65 inhabitants. The village is marked on the WIG map:

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+ Polish WIG map +
Map 4 — Polish WIG map
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There is also a mention of the village in the geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries.

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+ Geographical dictionary entry +
Document 5 — Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland
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Since 1939 in the BSSR, in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, Wolowiel volost. The village had 15 households, 123 inhabitants, there was an elementary school. From 15.01.1940 in Antopol district, from 12.10.1940 in Osipowicze village council, it had 123 inhabitants. In 1940 there were 19 households and 96 inhabitants in the village. The village is marked on the map of the Red Army:

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+ Red Army map +
Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War in July it was burned down by Nazi invaders, 22 inhabitants were shot. In 1960 the village had 81 inhabitants, in 1970 - 66, in 1995 - 7 yards and 17 inhabitants.

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Village Hnilec

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As we can see on the military topographical map of the Russian Empire of 1843-1863, there was no settlement on the site of today's village of Hnilec:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 1 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846–1863
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On the three-turn map we can already see that the folfark Latoryn appears:

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Map 2 — Three-verst map
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In 1905 there is a mention of the folwark Latoryn in Chomsk parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province, there were 8 inhabitants.

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On the one-turn map there is already our settlement Hnilec in 3 places, and instead of our folvark Latoryn there is a tract Latoryn.

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Chomsk Commune, Drohiczyn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 the village had 15 households, 91 inhabitants. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period the Belarusians made 92%, the Poleszczuk - 8%. The confessional composition of the population was dominated by Orthodox Christians (99%). The village was mapped on the WIG map:

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Map 4 — Polish WIG map
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Since 1939 the village was part of the BSSR, in Chomsk parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. The village had 76 households and 434 inhabitants. The village is marked on the map of the Red Army:

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Map 5 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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From 12.10.1940 in Khomsk village council. There was an elementary school. In the Great Patriotic War died 10 inhabitants of the village, 5 did not return from the front. Since 1954 in Drogiczyn district, Brest region. In 1959 - 236 inhabitants, in 1970 - 415 inhabitants, in 1995 - 78 yards, 199 inhabitants. Until 2004 it was a part of Kirow collective farm.

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Village Horawica

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As we can see on the map, there is nothing on the place of today's village.

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+ Three-verst map +
Map 1 — Three-verst map (no settlement)
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But on the single-sheet map we can already see a settlement:

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Map 2 — One-verst map (settlement appears)
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From 1921 to 1939 as part of Poland, the village is marked on the WIG map:

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+ Polish WIG map +
Map 3 — Polish WIG map
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It was part of the Lelików commune of Kamien-Koszyrski district, had 18 households.

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Since 1939 it was a part of BSSR. From 15.01.1940 in Dywyn district, Brest region, from 12.10.1940 in Rodostow village council, there were 40 households, 177 inhabitants. The village is marked on the RKKA map:

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Map 4 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War in 1942 German invaders shot 30 inhabitants of the village. In the battles near the village died 39 Soviet soldiers and partisans, at the front 9 villagers died. Since 08.08.1959 in Drochiczyn district, Brest region. In 1960 the village had 478 inhabitants, in 1970 - 422 inhabitants, in 1995 - 76 yards, 228 inhabitants.

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Church in Gorki

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Gorki was part of Drohiczynski County, so it is worth mentioning the local church.

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The exact date of its foundation is not known, but we will start from the oldest documents, which are available for this church.

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Gorki is mentioned in the list of Christian Catholic settlements from 1726.

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+ List of Christian Catholic settlements 1726 +
Document 1 — List of Christian Catholic settlements (1726)
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RGIA has copies of the Uniate metric books of the Horeckiey church from 1748 to 1801.

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+ Uniate metric books 1748-1801 +
Document 2 — Uniate metric books (1748–1801)
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There is also a mention of Gorki in the Uniate metric books of the Ilyinska church in 1774-1822. After the 3rd partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Gorki was part of the Kobrin district.

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+ Uniate metric books 1774-1822 +
Document 3 — Uniate metric books of Ilyinska church (1774–1822)
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In 1815 a new church was built, it is not known for what reason the old one was destroyed or abandoned. At that time Gorki was already part of the Ivanovo deanery, Grodno diocese.

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Document 4 — New church built (1815)
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After the Polotsk Cathedral, the temple was handed over to the Orthodox. The Volyn archive contains Orthodox registers of births from 1843 to 1933.

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+ Orthodox registers 1843-1933 +
Document 5 — Orthodox registers (1843–1933)
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On Rittich's maps of 1864, there is a church marked in Gorki.

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+ Rittich map 1864 +
Map 6 — Rittich map (1864)
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Also worth mentioning are Rittich's maps for 1866-67.

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+ Rittich map 1866-1867 +
Map 7 — Rittich map (1866–1867)
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The church was also marked on Russian maps of the early 20th century.

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+ Russian maps early XX century +
Map 8 — Russian maps (early XX century)
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During the Second Polish Empire the church was in operation, which is confirmed by existing metrics and Polish maps.

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+ Polish maps 1919-1938 +
Map 9 — Polish maps (1919–1938)
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In 1944, the village was destroyed by partisans. There is a photograph of parishioners of the village of Gorki. Probably taken after the burning of the temple. Also, in the post-war period, the village was transferred to the Ukrainian SSR.

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+ Parishioners photo 1941-1945 +
Photo 10 — Parishioners of Gorki (1941–1945)
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It is worth noting that the priest in the photo could be Fyodor Levon. But this information is not accurate.

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According to a local resident of Gorki, Evdokia Andreyevna, the last priest before the church was burned was:

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+ And what do I not remember? His father was Fedor Levon, and his mother was Nina. And they also had a son, Vitya, then he left for America. Father Fedir served in the war, his voice was so beautiful. +
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She also mentions that after the war a priest came to Gorki and tried to raise the temple from the ruins. But unfortunately nothing came of it, because there were very few people in the village, few young people and the communist party was not loyal to religion.

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In modern times, already in modern Ukraine, a new church was built. The village of Gurki is now located in the Lyubeshovsky district, Volyn region, Ukraine.

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Photo 11 — New church (2020)
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Village Horyce

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The first mention of Horyce can be seen on Schubert's maps of 1866. Horyce was marked as a volvarek, it was located to the north of today's location of the village of Horyce.

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Map 1 — Schubert maps (1866)
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During the II Republic of Poland 1919 - 1939. The map mentions Horyce already as a village in the same place where the village is now, above on the map you can see the Horyce Folwark, which was marked on Schubert's maps.

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Map 2 — Polish map (1919–1939)
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The record of 27 Volhynian Infantry Division (27 Volhynian Infantry Division) from 1944-1945 confirms that the village of Gorice already existed before the arrival of the USSR on the territory of western Belarus.

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Gdy minęliśmy miejscowość Kortelisy, nasz batalion został ostrzelany ogniem od czoła. Ruszyliśmy natychmiast do kontrataku wspierani przez batalion „Hrubego”. Nieprzyjaciel się wycofał, a my dotarliśmy do wsi Jaźwiniec, gdzie się zatrzymaliśmy. W sąsiedniej wsi Horyce już stało zgrupowanie „Gardy”, przygotowujące się do marszu za linię frontu na Prypeci.

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+ When we passed the settlement of Kortelisy, our battalion was shelled. We immediately moved to counterattack with the support of the Hruby battalion. The enemy retreated and we reached the village of Yazvinets, where we stopped. In the neighboring village of Horyce, the “Garda” group was already standing, preparing for the March behind the front line at Pripyat.

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With the advent of Soviet power in 1939, all the farms were liquidated and the inhabitants moved to the village of Horyce.

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From July 1944 to May 1945 most of the male population was drafted into the army, many were killed and wounded. No collaborators with the Nazis were observed. However, after the war several families took part in the independence movement (Banderites), some of them were sentenced to 10-15 years in camps.

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In the post-war period life on the farm remained hard, people were forced to work on collective farms. Pensions began to be granted only in the 1960s, and their size was inferior to that of the urban population. In the 60s the average pension amounted to 12 rubles, in the 70s - 25 rubles, in the 80s - 33 rubles.

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At present only one farmstead is inhabited. The last farmsteads were liquidated in the 70s-80s of the XX century. There was no electricity in the farmsteads, the inhabitants used candles and kerosene lamps. This was one of the main reasons for moving to the village.

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Village Humniszcze

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According to written sources the village was already in the 16th century, it was mentioned in 1783.

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From 1795 in the Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim, from 1797 in the Lithuanian, from 1801 in Grodno province. The village is marked on the map (1801-1845):

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+ One-verst map 1801-1845 +
Map 1 — One-verst map (1801–1845)
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On the ten-verst map (1816-1840):

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Map 2 — Ten-verst map (1816–1840)
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On the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1843-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1843-1863 +
Map 3 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1843–1863)
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In 1858 the village was the center of the rural community in Braszeiwcze parish, Kobryn district. It was part of the Braszewicze estate and had 171 inhabitants. The village is also marked on the 1865 triple-verst map:

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Map 4 — Three-verst map (1865)
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In 1890 the village community had 376 dessiatinas of land, of which 204 were suitable. In 1905 there were 495 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland. The village is in Braszewicze commune, Drohiczyn district, Polesie voivodeship. There were 31 courtyards, 188 inhabitants. The village is marked on the WIG map:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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Since 1939 it was a part of the BSSR. The village is in Braszewicze volost, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 326 inhabitants. The village is marked on the RKKA map:

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Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Since 12.10.1940 in Braszewicze village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, and then since 1959 in Brest oblast. There were 62 yards and 236 inhabitants. In the Great Patriotic War 21 inhabitants of the village died, of whom 15 did not return from the front. The village was also marked on German maps of 1940 KdWr:

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Map 7 — German KDWR map (1940)
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In 1970 - 346 inhabitants, in 1995 - 72 inhabitants.

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Village of Huta

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The village of Huta is mentioned in written sources in the 18th century. Since 1795 it was part of the Russian Empire, in 1798 the manor Huta was mentioned. The village and the manor were marked on the 1865 one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map 1801-1845 +
Map 1 — One-verst map (1801–1845)
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Also on the ten-verst map of 1816-1840:

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Map 2 — Ten-verst map (1816–1840)
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There is also a mention on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 3 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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There is also a record of the revolt in Belarus in 1830:

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In 1858 the village was included in Worocewicze volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province. Together with a part of the village Krystynowo there were 209 revision souls (state villagers).

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The settlements were marked on the three-verst map in 1865:

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Map 4 — Three-verst map (1865)
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It belonged to the Huta estate, which at that time was owned by the landowner Felicia Macewicz (Macejewicz*?).

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On the site RGIA F.577 OP. 10 Д. 1002 for September 16, 1865 - September 16, 1866, you can see the record on the purchase of land estate villagers.

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+ The case of the redemption of land plots by temporarily burdened peasants from the Macewicz (Macejewicz*?) F.L. estate Huta. (Grodno province) September 16, 1865 - September 16, 1866. +
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In 1890, the Guta village community, together with the village of Krystynowo, had 324 dessiatinas of land, of which 293 were suitable. In 1905 there were 400 inhabitants in the village of Huta, 19 inhabitants in the Guta manor and 7 inhabitants in the farm (Folwark) of Huta-Margi.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Drohiczyn district, Polesie voivodeship. In 1921 in Worocewicze commune. Huta had 51 courtyards and 160 inhabitants; colony Huta - 4 courtyards and 29 inhabitants, farm (folwarek) Huta - 3 courtyards and 1- inhabitants. The village was marked on the WIG map:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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Since 1939 in the BSSR, Osovetska parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. Since 15.01.1940 in Drohichy district. The village was marked on the RKKA map:

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Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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From 12.10.1940 in Osowiec village council, village and colony Huta. There were 70 yards and 360 inhabitants, there was an elementary school. A collective farm named after Molotov was established. In the Great Patriotic War 18 inhabitants of the village died, 13 did not return from the front. The village was marked on the German map kdwr:

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Map 7 — German KDWR map
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In 1969 there were 313 inhabitants, in 1970 - 295 inhabitants, in 1995 - 55 yards and 102 inhabitants.

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Village of Hutowo

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In written sources, Hutowo is mentioned as a village in the Pinsk Principality. In 1502, in a deed of gift from Prince Fiodor Iwanowicz Jaroslawicz of Pinsk and Princess Alena to the Cathedral of St. Demetrius in Pinsk:

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From the 16th to 18th centuries, it was located in the Pinsk district of the Brest Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1712, a church was mentioned, which was described in an article here.

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Since 1795, it has been part of the Russian Empire. Our village on Napoleon's map of 1812:

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+ Napoleon map 1812 +
Map 1 — Napoleon's map (1812)
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The village on Schubert's map for 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 2 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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There are references to our village in the RGIA archive, F. 384 Op. 5 D. 958, the document dates from July 24, 1852 to November 30, 1858:

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+ On the lustration of the state estate of Hutowo with the three attached spiritual estates of Werhustjie, Ostrowok, and Hutowo in the Grodno province; +
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In 1858, the village of Hutowo, in the Worocewicze volost, Kobryn district. The center of the rural community. There were 435 registered souls (state peasants), a church, and a public school. In 1905, there were 787 inhabitants, a church, and a parish school. The village is marked on the one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Also on the three-verst map:

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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, a village in the Worocewicze gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 74 households and 323 inhabitants. The village on the German military map KdWr:

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Map 5 — German KDWR map
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Also on the Polish military map WIG:

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Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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Since 1939, it has been part of the Belarus SSR, and since January 15, 1940, it has been part of the Drohiczyn District, Pinsk Region. As of October 12, 1940, there were 171 households and 781 residents in the village, which was part of the Ogdemer Village Council. The village is also marked on the Red Army map:

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Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War in 1942, German occupiers shot 45 residents of the village, and 21 residents of the village died at the front. Since July 16, 1954, it has been the center of the Hutowo village council, Drohiczyn district, Brest region. In 1960, there were 802 residents, in 1970 - 672 residents, the center of the “Flag of Lenin” collective farm. In 1995 - 196 households and 499 residents.

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Church in Hutowo

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The current Church of the Intercession in the village of Chomsk was built in 1992. It was consecrated on February 25, 1993.

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The first mention of the church in Hutowo can be attributed to the time when there was a Uniate church in the area.

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In RGIA there are metric Uniate books on Hutowo, unfortunately the years of collected information are not described.

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Document 1 — Uniate metric books (year unknown)
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There is also a list of Uniate clergymen in the Hutowo church:

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+ Grechka Vasilei, * 1759. A Ukrainian parishioner; priest of the church in Gutava village. Gutava Pinsk pub. 02.10.1785; Matsi Maryana, * 1737; Maryana's sister Maryana, * 1739; wife Praxeda, * 1774; daughters: Krystsina, * 1793, Ganna, * 1795, Mar'yana, * 1797.

+ Nowicki Grzegorz, baptized by the Polish-Turkish episcope G. Dashkovich-Garbatsky on April 14, 1779; saint of the church in Gutava Kobrynsk. Gutava of Kobrynsk province. [18.09.1795 - 06.1800]. Sons: Tadevush, Anton, Giazynth-Andrej.

+ Holowczynski Joachim, servant of the kingdom in the village of Gutawa Kobrynsk. Gutava Kobrynskáho pav. 06.1800. Brother of Mark i Mikalai Galaichynski.

+ Holowczynski Mikolay, servant of the church in Gutava Kobrynsk. Gutava Kobrynskáho pub. 06. 1800. Brother of Mark and Jauhim Galaichynski.

+ Holowczynski Marek, servant of the kingdom in Gutava Kobrynsk. Gutava Kobrynskáho pav. 06.1800. Brother of Mikalai and Jauhim.

+ Novitskiy Giacent, * 03.07.1797, a native of Gutava village of Pinsk. Gutava of Pinsk (after Kobrynsk) parish. Tsar of the tsar's church in Gutava (Kobrynsk) parish. Priest of the tsar in Gutava of Kobrynsk parish. 1832 г. +
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The church in Hutowo is marked on Rittich's maps for 1864:

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+ Rittich map 1864 +
Map 2 — Rittich map (1864)
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The church was also noted on Schubert's maps for 1866 - 1887:

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+ Schubert map 1866-1887 +
Map 3 — Schubert map (1866–1887)
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In 1892 an Orthodox church was built in Hutowo. There is no information about whether the church was built on the place of the old church and why the old church is gone.

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The church is mentioned in the “Description of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1”:

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+ Description of churches 1892 +
Document 4 — Description of churches and parishes (1892)
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During the II Republic of Poland, until 1939 the church was active.

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But after the partition of Poland, World War II, and the arrival of communist rule, the church fell into disrepair. At the beginning of 1963, the church was burned down by the communists, and in its place was built “House of Culture”.

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The old church remains only in a single photograph taken by Archpriest Michael Sazanovich, who served for many years in the neighboring parish of Wawulicze.

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Photo 5 — The old church (photo by Archpriest Michael Sazanovich)
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Village Jalocz

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The settlement was mentioned in 1664 under the name "Jeloczje" in the Pinsk District, Brest Voivodeship. In 1665, it was known as "Zajeloczje" in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn District of the Slonim Province, from 1797, in the Lithuanian Province, and from 1801, in the Grodno Province. The village appears on Schubert's map of 1832:

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1832)
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Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village, the center of a rural community in the Osowiec Volost, part of the Ludwinowo estate of Piotr Orzeszko, had 347 inspectors (state peasants). In the RGIA archive, F. 1344, Op. 122, D. 1659, October 23, 1896, there is a mention of our village and its residents:

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+ Second (Peasant) Department of the Senate. According to the report of the Grodno Governor, No. 9485, with a complaint from the former freeman of the village of Jalocz, Simon Sawicki, regarding the land settlement of the petitioner together with his brother, Dawid. +
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In 1905, the population was 656, and there was an elementary school. The village on a one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Osowiec Gmina, Drohiczyn County, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 59 households and 309 residents. The ethnic composition of the population during that period was Belarusians, 96.8%, and Jews, 3.2%. The predominant religion was Orthodox Christians (96.8%). The village on the German military map kdwr:

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Map 5 — German KDWR map
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Also on the Polish map WIG:

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Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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From December 4, 1939, part of the Belarus SSR, in the Osowiec Volost, Drohiczyn District, Pinsk Oblast. It had 125 households and 685 residents, and a functioning school. From January 15, 1940, it was part of the Drohiczyn District, and from October 12, 1940, part of the Osowiec Village Council. The village on the Red Army map:

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Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War, 23 residents of viilage were killed; 20 did not return from the front. Since 1954, in the Brest region. In 1960, there were 671 residents, in 1970, 532 residents, and in 1995, 143 households and 284 residents.

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Village Jamnik

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The village on Schubert's 1832 map:

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1832)
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Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village was in the Wolowiel volost, a gmina center in the Kobryn district, Grodno province, part of the Ludwinovo estate, which belonged to Kalikst Orzeszko. It had 54 inspectors (state-owned peasants). In 1890, together with the village of Galik, it comprised 13 dessiatinas of land. In 1905, the population was 127. The village on the single-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Wolowiel Gmina, Drohichyn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 16 households and 74 residents. In 1930, there were 25 households. The village on the German military map kdwr:

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Map 5 — German KDWR map
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Also on the Polish map WIG:

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Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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From December 4, 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR, in the Wolowiel Volost, Drohichyn District, Brest Region. From October 12, 1940, it was part of the Osipowicze Village Council. The village on the Red Army map:

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Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War, on June 25, 1942, partisans defeated a Nazi detachment near the Dnieper-Bug Canal and burned a barge. In 1943, the Nazis burned 28 households and killed six village residents. In 1960, the village had 95 residents, in 1970, 139 residents, in 1970, 139 residents, and in 1995, 14 households and 27 residents.

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Village Jamnik

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The village on Schubert's 1832 map:

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Schubert map, 1832
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Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863
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In 1858, the village was in the Wolowiel volost, a gmina center in the Kobryn district, Grodno province, part of the Ludwinovo estate, which belonged to Kalikst Orzeszko. It had 54 revision souls (state-owned peasants). In 1890, together with the village of Galik, it comprised 13 dessiatinas of land. In 1905, the population was 127. The village on the one-verst map:

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One-verst map
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Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Wolowiel Gmina, Drohiczyn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 16 households and 74 residents. In 1930, there were 25 households. The village on the German military map kdwr:

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+ German military map kdwr +
German military map (kdwr)
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Also on the Polish map WIG:

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Polish WIG map
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From December 4, 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR, in the Wolowiel Volost, Drohiczyn District, Brest Region. From October 12, 1940, it was part of the Osipowicze Village Council. The village on the Red Army map:

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Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War, on June 25, 1942, partisans defeated a Nazi detachment near the Dnieper-Bug Canal and burned a barge. In 1943, the Nazis burned 28 households and killed six village residents. In 1960, the village had 95 residents, in 1970 – 139 residents, and in 1995 – 14 households and 27 residents.

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Church in Jazwiny (Wincze)

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Church of St. Spirit, built in 1750 by the landowner L. Orzeszko, about one and a half kilometers north of the village. The inhabitants of the surrounding villages call this place “Vinč/Vinci”. The shrine was built as a Uniate shrine. But in today's materials walking around the internet it is called a church for some reason.

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The Marmon website also has metrics of the church in Vinci, and they are Greek Catholic for 1823.

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+ Greek Catholic metrics 1823 +
Document 1 — Greek Catholic metrics (1823)
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Also an important confirmation that it was originally a Uniate church and not a church is the record of a Uniate priest who served there:

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+ Dyszkowski Stepan, * 1792. Ordained to the Braski episkap I.-I. Bulgakam 1813; saint of the tsar in. Vinča (no longer exists) of Kobryn pav. 1832-25.02.1837. +
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In “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Vol. 1”, there is a detailed description of the church, data for 1899.

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+ Description of churches 1899 +
Document 2 — Description of churches (1899)
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The “Collection of Historical and Cultural Reminiscences. Bresk region” there is a description of the church and its rebuilding into an Orthodox church in about 1860.

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Document 3 — Collection of Historical and Cultural Reminiscences
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There is also a sketch by Napoleon Orda, signed - “8 charveny 1861. Dzyady 1772.”

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+ Napoleon Orda sketch 1861 +
Sketch 4 — Napoleon Orda (1861)
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On the population maps of the Russian Empire for 1864, the map mentions the village of Vincha (Vinci) where the church, at that time already orthodox.

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Map 5 — Russian Empire map (1864)
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On the maps of 1866-1887 the church is also marked on the map. in Gospodarstvo Vinci. There is also the Vinci bog nearby and a cemetery on the right side, where apparently the inhabitants of the surrounding villages were buried.

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+ Maps 1866-1887 +
Map 6 — Maps (1866–1887)
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From the Geographical Gazetteer of the Kingdom of Poland (late 19th century):

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+ Wincze - Settlement (osada), Drohiczyn Commune, belongs to v. Pigasy. There is also a lord's yard, property of the Jaroszewski, 80 dessiatinas (25--meadows and pastures, 8--forests, 9--not used). +
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During the Second Republic of Poland 1919-1939. The map shows the church in the village of Wincze.

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+ Polish map 1919-1939 +
Map 7 — Polish map (1919–1939)
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Since 1945, the church has fallen into disrepair and is now in a deplorable state, in the middle of a field, between the remaining villages.

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Photo 8 — Church (2013)
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General Jewish Labour Bund

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BUND (General Jewish Workers Union in Lithuania, Poland and Russia) (Yiddish: בונד Bund — «union», full name: אַלגעמיינער ייִדישער אַרבעטערסבונד אין ליטע, פּוילן און רוסלאַנד) was a Jewish socialist party active in Eastern Europe from the 1890s to the 1940s. The Bund considered itself the sole representative of the interests of the Jewish working class, which was quite numerous in these lands.

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The Jewish population actively participated in the political life of Drohiczynshchyna. The slow modernization of the town reduced the influence of Orthodox circles on public life. Some Jews supported the ideas of Zionism, which was represented in the town by various organizations. The youth slowly became involved in the revolutionary and labor movement.

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In 1903, with the support of the Central Committee, a local Bund organization was established in Pinsk. Its leaders were the son of a local doctor, Mordechai Weissman, and W. Polak. Secret meetings of the Bund members took place in the woods or in a building near the old cemetery.

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The first major victory of the Bund was the strike of the workers of the Reuwena Beita shoe factory. Arełe Rosenzweig, who was a member of the Bund party, forced the businessman to accept the workers' conditions.

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During the 1905–1907 revolution, peasants' and workers' unrest engulfed the villages and towns of Zagorodie. The Bund party was active among the workers. More than twenty people — artisans from Drohiczyn and railroad workers — were arrested.

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Village Karlowicze

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Karlowicze is mentioned in 1554 as a courtyard belonging to the Kiezgajl family, from 1558 to the Vilna chapter. In 1558 in the inventory of the Borodino parish Karlowicze is mentioned as “land ... of that Lithuanian village”, from which they gave ‘three buckets of honey and all other payments’.

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In 1588 there were 3 houses in the village, which paid a tax of 3 kapa and 1 grosz Lithuanian.

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Since 1795 it was part of the Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim district, since 1797 Lithuanian, since 1801 Grodno province.

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map 1826–1840
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Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846–1863
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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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In 1890 the folwark as part of the Zakoziel estate belonged to Kalikst Orzeszko. In 1905 the folwark in Wolowiel parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province had 60 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Wolowiel commune, Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 the folwark had 3 courtyards and 31 inhabitants.

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939 it was part of the BSSR, in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 15.01.1940 in Drohiczyn district, from 12.10.1940 in Karolin village council. There were 27 households and 127 inhabitants.

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+ RKKA map +
Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Map 7 — German kdwr map
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During the Great Patriotic War 3 inhabitants of the village died. Since 1954 it has been part of Brest region. In 1960 the village was in Popina village council with 132 inhabitants, in 1970 — 85 inhabitants, in 1995 — 18 yards and 37 inhabitants.

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Village Korsunie

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In written sources it was mentioned as an estate in 1749, in Brest voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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From 1795 it was a part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. In 1812 on Napoleon's map, Korsunie was marked as a village and estate:

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Map 1 — Napoleon's map (1812)
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The village on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 2 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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The village is marked on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846-1863: Schubert link:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 3 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858 the village, manor in Pierkowicze parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. There were 187 revision souls (state villagers) in the village within the Korsunts estate. In the Korsunts estate, which belonged to Kazimir Jagmin - 444 revision souls. In 1890 the village of Korsunie, the center of the village community, had 379 dessiatinas of land, of which 233 were suitable. In addition, the owners owned 35 dessiatinas of land, the estate owned 1700 dessiatinas, 405 of which were suitable. The village is on the map in one-turn:

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Map 4 — One-verst map
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The village on the map in triplicate:

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Map 5 — Three-verst map
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In 1905 the village and the manor were in Wolowiel parish, there were 403 inhabitants in the village and 49 inhabitants in the manor. There was a working parochial school.

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In the archive of the RGIA there is a record, F. 899 Op. 1 Д. 440, extreme dates: 1897 - 1915:

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+ Notifications of the State Noble Land Bank on the appointment of the estates Zakoziel, Belin, Korsunie, Wolowiel and others. Kobryn u. Grodno province. to be sold at public auction for debts and their withdrawal from the auction. +
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There is also a second entry, F. 899 Op. 1 Д. 455, extreme dates: 1900 - 1902:

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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Wolowiel commune, Drohiczyn district, Polesie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 14 households and 121 inhabitants. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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From 04.12.1939 in the BSSR, Wolowiel parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. Korsunie village - 74 yards and 290 inhabitants. Korsunie colony - 25 households and 96 inhabitants. From 15.01.1940 in Antopol district, Brest region. From 12.10.1940 in Golowczyce village council, the village of 386 inhabitants; former manor - 124 inhabitants. The village is on the map of the Red map:

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Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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The village on the German map kdwr:

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Map 8 — German KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War 15 inhabitants of the village died, 14 on the front. Since 1959 in Perwomajsk village council, Drohichyn district, there were 216 inhabitants. In 1970 in Antopol village council, 137 yards and 363 inhabitants. There is an elementary school, there is a Russian cemetery of World War I soldiers.

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Photo 9 — Russian cemetery of World War I soldiers
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Village Koty

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It is very likely that the village of Koty is derived from the village of Raszyn, or rather New Raszyn. It could be in case of selling the village, or renaming the village.

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From Schubert's map of 1826-1840, we can see on the map the village Raszyn (us Raszyn), and its lower part coincides with today's village Koty.

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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On the military topographical map of the Russian Empire for the years 1846-1863 we can already see New and Old Raszyn. New Raszyn is just our future Koty.

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In “Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavic Countries. Volume XV, Part 2”, there is a mention of the village of Raszyn near Raszyn in Kobrin district.

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Document 3 — Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (Vol. XV, Part 2)
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On the one-verst map, instead of Nowy Raszyn, Koty is mentioned:

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Map 4 — One-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939 as part of Poland, the village was called “Koty” in the Ziolow commune, Drohiczyn district, Poleskie voivodeship. There were 13 households and 54 inhabitants. In 1930 there were 24 households. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939 in the BSSR, from 15.01.1940 in Antopol district, from 12.10.1940 in Detkovichi village council, there were 132 inhabitants. The village is on the map of RKAA:

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Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War 6 inhabitants of the village died, 5 did not return from the front. Since 08.08.1959 it was a part of Drohiczyn district. In 1959 there were 145 inhabitants, in 1970 - 134 inhabitants, in 1995 - 29 yards and 58 inhabitants.

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Village Kremno

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In written sources the village was mentioned in 1783 in the inventory of Drobacki Key, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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From 1795 it was part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village is on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also the village on the 1846-1863 military topographic map of the Russian Empire:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858 the center of the village community in Bezdziez volost. There were 285 revision souls (state villagers). The village is on the one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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In 1890 the community owned 702 tithes of land, all usable. In 1905 there were 456 residents.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Bezdziez Commune, Drogiczyn County, Poleskie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 109 courtyards and 543 inhabitants. In 1930 there were 124 courtyards. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939 in the BSSR, from 15.01.1940 in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 12.10.1940 in Wawulicze village council, there were 120 yards and 672 inhabitants, 2 concrete factories (6 workers), which made tiles and circles for wells, there was a working elementary public school. The village is on the RKKA map:

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Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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On the German map kdwr:

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Map 7 — German KDWR map
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In the Great Patriotic War 29 villagers died, 23 did not return from the front. In 1949 the collective farm “Sovetskaya Belarus” was founded, chairman A.K. Bilewicz. Since 1954 it was a part of Brest region. In 1960 the village was in Gutowo village council, 772 inhabitants. In 1970 the village was included in Bezdziez village council, 804 inhabitants. In 1995 there were 167 households and 392 inhabitants.

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Village Krystynow

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At the end of the 18th century Krystynow belonged to Butrymowicz M. The village is on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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Until 1858, Krystynow belonged to the Swiecicki. From written sources it was mentioned in 1858 as a village in Worocewicze volost, the center of the village community, in Kobryn district, Grodno province. It belonged to the Krystynow estate of the landowner Gasper Klimoszewski. There were 113 revision souls (state villagers). Part of the village was within the boundaries of the Gut rural municipality of Worocewicze volost. In 1890 the Krystynow estate belonged to Anna Petrowska and had 276 dessiatinas of land. The village is on the map:

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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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In 1905 there were 265 inhabitants in the village and 13 inhabitants in the estate.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Worocewicze commune, Drohiczyn district, Poleskie voivodeship. In 1921 the village had 46 courtyards and 165 inhabitants; the manor had 13 inhabitants. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period Poles made up 100%. The confessional composition of the population was dominated by Orthodox Christians (95.8%). The village on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 04.12.1939 it was a part of BSSR, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 58 households and 315 inhabitants. From 15.12.1940 in Drohichyn district, from 12.10.1940 in Osowiec village council. The village is on the map of Red Army:

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Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Map 7 — German KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War 13 inhabitants of the village perished. In 1960 there were 296 inhabitants of the village, in 1970 - 259 inhabitants, in 1995 - 52 yards and 106 inhabitants.

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Village Kublik

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The village was mentioned in 1785 in the “Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavic Countries”, Vol. VIII:

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Document 1 — Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (Vol. VIII)
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The village of Kublik from written sources is also mentioned during the construction of the Dnieper-Bug Canal in (1775-1848). Also thanks to the canal, the village gained an important territorial significance, which influenced its economic growth.

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Since 1795 in the Russian Empire, in Grodno Gubernia. The village is on Napoleon's map of 1812:

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Map 2 — Napoleon's map (1812)
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The village on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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Map 3 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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The village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 4 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858 the village, the center of the village community of Osowiec volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province. It was a part of the Liachowicze estate of the landlord Georgy Szemiet. In 1886 there were 41 courtyards and 530 inhabitants. In 1905 the village had 760 inhabitants. In the archives of RGIA, F. 1344 Op. 5 Д. 974 there is a record of the village, the extreme dates of December 14, 1884 - January 05, 1884:

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+ Second (peasant) Department of the Senate. On the resolution of the dispute between Princess Drucka-Lubecka and the peasants of the village of Kubliki on the right to own part of the hayfield in the estate Liachowicze. Grodno province, Kobrin district. +
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Also the second record RGIA, F. 1344 Op. 9 D. 1039, extreme dates June 13, 1886 - July 06, 1887:

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+ Second (peasant) Department of the Senate. On the resolution of disputes arising between the landlady Lubecka and the peasants of the village Kublik, in the delimitation of land allotments. Grodno province, Kobrin district. +
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The village is on a one-verst map:

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Map 5 — One-verst map
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Map 6 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Osowiec commune, Drohiczyn district, Poleskie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 51 yards and 211 inhabitants, of whom 210 were Orthodox. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 7 — Polish WIG map
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Since 04.12.1939 it was part of the BSSR, in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 156 households and 850 inhabitants. From 15.01.1940 in Drohiczyn district, from 12.10.1940 in Popinsk village council. The village is on the map of Red Army:

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Map 8 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Also the village on the German map kdwr:

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Map 9 — German KDWR map
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In the Great Patriotic War in August 1943, Nazi invaders burned 132 yards, killed 17 inhabitants of the village. In February-March 1944 near the village there were fights of Molotov partisans (Pinsk partisan association) with the enemy group for the Dnieper-Bug canal. At the front and in partisan fights 30 inhabitants of the village were killed. Since 1954 it was in Brest region. In 1959 there were 756 inhabitants, in 1970 - 582 inhabitants, in 1995 - 42 yards and 322 inhabitants.

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Village Lachowicze

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Lachowicze is mentioned in 1492 in the grant of Princess Maria Semionowa Aleksandrowna to Pan Mikhu Senkawicz Paczapajewski, a village in the Pinsk principality. In 1515 the settlement belongs to the Fursowicz family. Based on a charter of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Zygimont I the Old to Ivan Palazowicz in 1522, the village is in the Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It is also worth noting that Lachowicze is mentioned slightly with the Dostojewski family. In 1660 Jan (Ivan Nikolaewicz) Dostojewski, the owner of the villages Lachowicze and Zawodczyce in Pinsk district, appealed to the Pinsk zemstvo court with a complaint against his servant:

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From 1795 in the Russian Empire, in Kobryn district of Slonim, from 1797 in Lithuanian, from 1801 in Grodno province. The village is on Napoleon's map of 1812:

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Map 1 — Napoleon's map (1812)
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The village on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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Map 2 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also the settlement on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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Map 3 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858 the Lachowicze estate belongs to the landowner Shemet, in Osowiec parish, Kobryn district. In RGIA, F. 577 Op. 10 Д. 1115, extreme dates: June 7, 1865 - December 14, 1871, there is a mention of Lyakhovichi:

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In 1886 the pogost Lachowicze, orthodox church was mentioned. In 1890 the village Lachowicze, the church had 35 dessiatinas of land, the manor Lachowicze with the tract Karagodyszy belonged to Princess Maria Drucka-Lubecka - 5632 dessiatinas of land. In the dictionary “Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries, Volume V” for 1880-1914 edition it is mentioned that in Lachowicze there was once a chapel of the Catholic parish of Braszewicze. In 1905 there were 36 inhabitants in the estate, 14 inhabitants in Lachowicze settlement, there was a working parochial school. In RGIA, F. 899 Op. 1 Д. 264, extreme date: February 13, 1910 - June 15, 1914, there is a mention of Lachowicze:

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+ Letters (67) and telegrams (4) of Garnet von Rudolf Alexandrowicz, [manager of the Zakozel estate, Kobryn district, Grodno province], to Bobrynsky (née Polowcowa) Nadezda Alexandrowna about the estate's dispositions, hiring of employees, income and expenses, state of finances, incidents (fires in the villages of Wolowiel and Lachowicze, robberies in neighboring estates), construction work, production of the brick and yeast factory; betrothal to the daughter of Revelsk landlord Bremen von Harriet (1912). +
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The village is on the one-verst map:

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Map 4 — One-verst map
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The village on the three-verst map:

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From 1921 to 1939 in Poland, in Drohiczyn district, Poleskie voivodeship. In 1921 in Osowiec commune, 2 colonies Lyakhovichi, 56 yards and 389 inhabitants, of which 322 were Orthodox, folwark Lachowicze - 4 yards and 37 inhabitants. The village on the Polish map WIG:

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Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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From 04.12.1939 in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, BSSR. From 15.01.1949 in Drohiczyn district, from 12.10.1940 the village Lachowicze-1 - the center of the village council. In 1939 the colony Lachowicze-1 had 69 yards and 370 inhabitants, and in the colony Lachowicze-2 - 93 yards and 495 inhabitants, there was a wharf on the Dnieper-Bug canal, there was an elementary school. The village is on the Red Army map:

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Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Map 8 — German KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War near the village on 19.06.1943 the partisans put the Lachowicze waterworks out of operation. In February 1944 partisans fought hard against the German troops, part of the village was burned by the Nazis, 18 villagers were killed. In 1949 the collective farm "New Life" was founded, the chairman M. Karpuk. Since 1954 in Brest region. From 02.06.1959 in Popina village council, there were 310 inhabitants. In 1970 the village Lachowicze, there were 311 inhabitants, in 1995 - 72 yards and 175 inhabitants.

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Village Lawy

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The village of Lawy was mentioned in the 16th century as a settlement in Drohiczyn district, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. From the inventory of 1591 there were 116 houses, 9 swaths of land and 10 unoccupied swaths in the village.

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From 1795 it was a part of the Russian Empire, Kobrin district, Slonim district, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village is on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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The village on the 1846-1863 military topographic map of the Russian Empire:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858 the village was in the Ilowsk parish, Kobryn district, part of the estate of Poluszyn, landlord Radiewicz. There were 101 surveyed souls (state villagers) together with the villages Dubowa and Lawy. In RGIA, F. 1344 Op. 15 Д. 1395, extreme dates of March 21, 1889 - March 09, 1890, there is a record of Lawy:

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+ Second (peasant) Department of the Senate. On the revision of the case on the resolution of disputes between peasants I. Makdzia and S. Koszczej about the right to own a land plot at the village of Lawy. Grodno province, Grodno district. +
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In 1905 there were 5 inhabitants in the village of Lavy and 34 inhabitants in the farmstead of Lawy-Danki. During the First World War the village was burnt down. The village is on the map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Ilowsk commune, Kobryn district, Poleskie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 3 courtyards and 20 inhabitants. In 1930 there were 6 courtyards. The village is on the Polish map WIG:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939 in BSSR, from 15.01.1940 in Antopol district, Brest region. From 12.10.1940 in Detkowicze village council, there were 49 inhabitants. Since 1941 the village was under German occupation. During those years partisan detachments operated in the surrounding forests. After one of the skirmishes Germans burned the village, but almost all the inhabitants managed to hide in the swamps, but one elderly woman died. Since 08.08.1959 in Drohiczyn district, 45 inhabitants, in 1970 - 46 inhabitants, in 1995 - 4 yards and 7 inhabitants. The village is on the map of the Red Army:

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Village Lesniki

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The settlement is known from written sources since the 16th century.

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Since 1795 it was a part of the Russian Empire, Grodno province. The village is marked on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also on the military topographical map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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Also on a one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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In 1905 in Chomsk volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province. The village had 168 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 in Chomsk commune, Drohiczyn district, Poleskie voivodeship, Poland. In 1921 the village had 31 yards and 171 inhabitants. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period Belarusians accounted for 97.1%, Jews - 2.9%. The confessional composition of the population was dominated by Orthodox Christians (97.1%) and Jews (2.9%). Village on the WIG map:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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Since 04.12.1939 it was part of BSSR, in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. The village in Chomsk region, there were 31 courtyards and 141 inhabitants. From 15.01.1940 in Drohiczyn raion, from 12.10.1949 in Niemierza village council. The village on the map of Red Army:

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Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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In the Great Patriotic War 30 inhabitants of the village died, 20 at the front. Since 1954 in Brest region. In 1960 there were 157 inhabitants, in 1970 - 158 inhabitants, in 1995 - 117 yards and 232 inhabitants. In 1977 the village was joined to the village of Sukacze.

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Village Lezytkowicze

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The village is known in written sources in the 19th century. The village is on Schubert's map for 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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The village on the 1846-1863 military topographic map of the Russian Empire:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858 in Drohiczyn parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. Suburb of Drohiczyn, as part of the Wincze estate, which belonged to Stanislaw Idorski. There were 58 revision souls (state villagers), a church. Treasury real estate - 37 auditor's souls (state villagers). Manor - 7 auditor's souls (state villagers). In 1905 the village had 162 inhabitants. The village is on the one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939 in Poland, in Drohiczyn district, Drohiczyn county, Poleskie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 7 courtyards and 38 inhabitants. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 04.12.1939 in the BSSR, in Drohiczyn parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 45 households and 174 inhabitants. From 15.01.1940 in Drohiczyn district, from 12.10.1940 in Lipniki village council. The village on the map of RKKA:

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+ Red Army map +
Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Also on the German military map kdwr:

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+ German KDWR map +
Map 7 — German KDWR map
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In the Great Patriotic War 3 inhabitants of the village died. From 1954 in Brest region, from 1960 in Starosielsk, from 1965 in Drohiczyn village council. In 1960 there were 170 inhabitants, in 1970 - 149 inhabitants, in 1995 - 40 yards and 81 inhabitants.

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Church in Liachowicze

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Unfortunately, the exact date of construction of the church in Liachowicze has not been found yet. Approximately old wooden church was built at the end of the XVIII century.

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You can read about it in “In the list of Christian Catholic settlements in 1726”:

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+ List of Christian Catholic settlements 1726 +
Document 1 — List of Christian Catholic settlements (1726)
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But the oldest document about the existence of the church can be considered the preserved Uniate metric books in RGIA from 1776 to 1801.

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+ Uniate metric books 1776-1801 +
Document 2 — Uniate metric books (1776–1801)
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Further, the Marmon site also has metrics for Liachowicze for 1823.

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+ Metric books 1823 +
Document 3 — Uniate metrics (1823)
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There is a list of Uniate clergy who served in the church:

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Since 1839 the church was handed over to the Orthodox.

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It is also worth mentioning the Grodno archive, which has documents on the Liachowicze from 1843 to 1866.

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+ Grodno archive documents 1843-1866 +
Document 4 — Grodno archive (1843–1866)
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The church is labeled on the 1864 maps.

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+ Map 1864 +
Map 5 — Map (1864)
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But the church is also noted on the 1866 - 69 maps.

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+ Map 1866-1869 +
Map 6 — Map (1866–1869)
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It was renewed in 1873, and burned in 1881. In “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1” mentions that in 1884 a wooden Orthodox church was built by the efforts of the parishioners and a government grant during the rectorship of priest Nikolai Druzilowski. In 1861 a parochial school was opened.

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+ Description of churches 1884 +
Document 7 — Descriptions of churches (1884)
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Document 8 — Descriptions of churches (continued)
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It is worth noting, if we compare the location of the churches with today's maps, we can see that the church was built on the site of an old church (or very close to that site).

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+ Modern comparison +
Map 9 — Comparison with today's maps (2020)
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At the time of Second Republic of Poland 1919 - 1938 the church was an active Orthodox church, as the maps confirm. But it was marked as a Catholic parish.

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+ Polish map 1919-1939 +
Map 10 — Polish map (1919–1939)
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There is also a list of Orthodox clergy who served after the Polotsk Cathedral in 1839. It is worth noting that the priest Nikolai Lichaczewski converted from Unia to Orthodoxy.

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The church was not closed under Soviet rule. In 1944 and 1980s the church was slightly renovated.

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At the moment the church is active and in good condition.

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Photo 11 — Church in good condition (recent)
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Village Lipniki

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The village was mentioned in written sources in 1778, a suburb of the town of Drohiczyn, within the borders of Drohiczyn county. There were 357 inhabitants, a Jewish household, a tavern.

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From 1795 it was a part of Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 in Lithuanian, from 1801 in Grodno province. The village on Napoleon's map of 1812:

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+ Napoleon map 1812 +
Map 1 — Napoleon's map (1812)
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The village on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 2 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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The village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 3 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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Archive RGIA, F. 384 Op. 4 D. 1469, extreme dates June 22, 1850 - July 31, 1851, there is a mention of her village:

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+ On the transfer of the peasants of the Lipniki estate of Grodno province to the sharecropping. +
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In 1858, in Drohiczyn parish, Kobryn district, the village of Lipniki, part of the estate of Jozefina Friedrich Kühn. There were 134 revision souls (state villagers). Lipniki, also belonged to the estate Gajewka of the landowner Krestinowa, there were 102 revision souls (state villagers). There was a working church and a public school. In 1886 the village Lipniki had 31 yards and 332 inhabitants. There was a working church and a drinking house. In the “Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries, Volume XV part 2”, there is also a description of the village and it is called Lipniki-Litowskie, the latest dates of information from this volume were published in 1902, and the farm Lipniki belonged to the table estate of Jozefina Zamanilow. In 1905 there were 468 inhabitants, a church and a parochial school. The village is on the one-verst map:

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Map 4 — One-verst map
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The village on a three-verst map:

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Map 5 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Drohiczyn commune, Drohiczyn district, Poleskie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 35 households and 270 inhabitants, of whom 268 were Orthodox. The village is on the Polish map WIG:

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Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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From 04.12.1939 in the BSSR, in Drohiczyn parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 109 households and 797 inhabitants, there was an elementary school. From 15.01.1949 in Drohiczyn district, from 12.10.1940 the center of Lipniki village council. The village on the map of Red Army:

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+ Red Army map +
Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Also the village on the German map kdwr:

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+ German KDWR map +
Map 8 — German KDWR map
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In the Great Patriotic War 17 inhabitants of the village died, 14 at the front. Since 1954 in Brest region. In 1959 there were 86 households. Since 1960 in Starosielsk village council, since 1965 in Drohiczyn village council. In 1970 there were 181 yards and 515 inhabitants. In 1995 - 301 yards and 859 inhabitants. In 1970 the village was annexed to the village of Pikacze.

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Church in Lipniki

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The oldest mention of the church in Lipniki can be considered to be 1762. In that year the church was destroyed, unfortunately it is not known why. Only the old icons were saved, which are now in the newly built church.

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In the following years, most likely, the church was rebuilt (or there was an annex) where services were held. Since the next document about the active church in our area is the Uniate metrics from 1770 to 1801, which are in RGIA.

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+ Uniate metrics 1770-1801 +
Document 1 — Uniate metrics (1770–1801), RGIA
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In the description of "Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox church calendar. Volume 1" there is a record of the construction of a wooden church in 1793.

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+ Descriptions of churches 1793 +
Document 2 — Description of churches (1793)
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Mention should be made of the Uniate metric books at Marmon for 1823.

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+ Uniate metrics 1823 +
Document 3 — Uniate metrics (1823), Marmon
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There is a mention of a Uniate priest in Lipniki from 1832 to 1836.

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+ Korolewicz Foma, * 1774. Crowned by the Breszki bishops I.-I. Bulgak 1811; the saints of the tsar's office in Lipniki, Kobrin pavement 1832-1836 [575, arc. 61; 576, arc. 70 adv-71]. +
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Thus, in the Grodno archive there are church registers from 1835 to 1871. Considering that the Polotsk cathedral was in 1839 and the church was transferred to the Orthodox, we have some Uniate registers.

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+ Grodno archive registers 1835-1871 +
Document 4 — Grodno archive registers (1835–1871)
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On Rittich's 1864 maps, the church is marked on the maps.

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+ Rittich map 1864 +
Map 5 — Rittich map (1864)
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It is also noted on Schubert's 1866 - 1887 maps.

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+ Schubert map 1866-1887 +
Map 6 — Schubert map (1866–1887)
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At the time of II Republic of Poland the church was active as an Orthodox church. But on Polish maps it is marked as a church.

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+ Polish map 1918-1939 +
Map 7 — Polish map (1918–1939)
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In the 1930s, a bell tower was added to the church. There is a photo of the church and its description in the book "Collection of Historical and Cultural Memories".

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Document 8 — Church photo and description (1930s)
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During World War 2, the church was often burned, and after the Communist regime came, it was destroyed.

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Today's temple was built in 1991 near the site of the old church and on August 30 of the same year consecrated. + The temple is brick, with an area of 194 m², single-domed, double-headed. The domes have the shape of an onion. The temple is built in the shape of a ship with a semicircular altar in the east, has three entrances. In the narthex on the right side there is a baptismal room. Above the narthex there is a bell tower with three bells. The window openings are arched and have iron bars. There are two chancels in the church: a central and a side chancel. The walls of the middle part are painted by an unknown artist. The temple is surrounded on three sides by an artificial reservoir and is surrounded by a metal fence with brick pillars.

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Photo 9 — New church (2020)
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Village Litewsk

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From written sources it is known from the 16th century as a Lithuanian village in Trok voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It belonged to the Catholic Church. In 16-17 c. it was a village in Borodycze parish, Brest district. Mentioned in 1554 in the census book of Pinsk and Klieck principalities. In the Invetar of Borodycze parish in 1558, the village of Litewskie had 14 houses, its income was 8 kopecks and 19 groszy Lithuanian. In 1720-40 it is mentioned as Litewski Klucz. Since 1891 2 villages Litewsk in Pierkowicze parish, Kobryn district, belonged: the first to the estate Stefant of landlord Feliks Jagmin, the second to the estate Ziolow of landlord Tutkiewicz. In total there were 296 auditor's souls (state villagers).

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From 1795 it was a part of Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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The village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1890, in Wolowiel parish, the villages of Litewsk-Wielki and Litewsk-Maly, in the Litewsk village community. There were 494 tithes of usable land. The village is on the one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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In 1905 the village was situated in Wolowiel parish, had 580 inhabitants and an elementary school.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Wolowiel commune, Drohiczyn district, Poleskie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 27 households and 168 inhabitants. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 04.12.1939 there were 118 households and 582 inhabitants in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, part of BSSR. There was a working elementary school and a post office. From 15.01.1940 in Drohiczyn district, from 12.10.1940 till 12.12.1970 the center of the village council. The collective farm named after "May 1" was founded. The village on the map of Red Army:

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+ Red Army map +
Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Also the village on the German map kdwr:

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+ German KDWR map +
Map 7 — German KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War 22 inhabitants of the village died, 19 at the front. Since 1954 in Brest region. In 1960 there were 405 inhabitants, in 1970 - 429 inhabitants, in 1995 - 151 courtyards 354 inhabitants.

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Village Losince

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The village was mentioned in 1517, in the gift record of Agafia Piesoczynska to the Metropolitan of Kiev Jozef Soltan, as a village of her estates, in the Trok province, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1762 it was a folvark Losince.

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Since 1795 it was a part of the Russian Empire, Grodno province. In the beginning of the 19th century a wooden Uspenskiy church was built. The village is on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also on the 1846-1863 military topographic map of the Russian Empire:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858 the village of Losince was the center of the village community in Braszewicze volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province. There were 213 revision souls (state villagers), who until 1842 were subordinates of the Torokan monastery. In the archive RGIA F. 385 Op. 18 D. 118, the extreme dates of May 12, 1865 - February 18, 1874, there is a mention of the village:

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+ Temporary Department for the land arrangement of state peasants. Case on the submission of the Grodno Chamber of State Property on the remuneration of collegiate secretary Krukowski for taking from him the farms Losince and Czechowcy in Grodno province. +
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The village is on the one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Village on the three-verst map:

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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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In 1886 the village had 29 households and 270 inhabitants, Orthodox church and a drinking house. In 1890 the village had 415 dessiatinas of land, of which 188 were usable. In 1905 the village had 339 inhabitants, an elementary school, the estate Losintsy had 15 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 in Poland, Braszewicze Commune, Drohiczyn District, Poleskie Voivodeship. In 1921 a village, 57 yards and 255 inhabitants (all Orthodox). Folvark Losintsi - 5 inhabitants. The village is on the Polish map WIG:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 04.12.1939 in the BSSR, Braszewicze parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. The village had 80 yards and 391 inhabitants, there was an elementary school. From 15.01.1940 in Drohiczyn district, from 12.10.1940 in Wolka village council. The village is on the map of RKKA:

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Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War 13 inhabitants of the village died, 8 did not return from the front. In 1949 the collective farm "Plamya" was founded, chairman V. A. Picucha. In 1950 there were 120 households. Since 1954 in Brest region. In 1960 - 335 inhabitants, in 1970 - 417 inhabitants, in 1995 - 107 yards and 229 inhabitants.

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Church in Losince

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The Church of the Assumption was built in the cemetery on the outskirts of the village of Losince in 1862 and was attached to the Torokan parish church.

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The consecration of the church on June 2, 1870 in the service of four priests was performed by the Antopolskiy district priest Foma Ballandowicz.

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At the end of the XIX century in the church there was a locally venerated icon of the Virgin Mary 0.9 meters high and 0.6 meters wide. The icon was painted on a canvas with oil paints, dressed in a silvered riza, with gilded crowns near the heads of the Virgin and the Savior. The Virgin was depicted on the right hand of the Mother of God, blessing with His right hand. From what time and whence this icon appeared in the temple is not known.

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On Schubert's maps of 1866-1887 the church was located between 2 cemeteries.

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+ Schubert map 1866-1887 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1866–1887)
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In “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Vol. 1”, 1899 there is an entry about the church in Losince.

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+ Description of churches 1899 +
Document 2 — Description of churches (1899)
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At the time of II Republic of Poland 1919-1938. The church was also active, which is confirmed by the maps. As we can see, the 2nd cemetery from below the church is no longer there.

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+ Polish map 1919-1938 +
Map 3 — Polish map (1919–1938)
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In July 1944, part of the wall of the Holy Dormition Church was blown up. In the 1960s, services in the church ceased to be performed. The temple was closed. The resumption of services occurred after the consecration of the temple on November 18, 1989 Kobrinskiy district priest Aleksander Lesik. After the resumption of services an independent parish was formed.

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+ Church photo 2019 +
Photo 4 — Church (2019)
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Photo 5 — Church (2019)
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Village Ludwinow

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Ludwinowo is the oldest property of one of the lines of the Orzeszko family, belonging to the Korab family since the 17th century. Administratively Ludwinow belonged to the Brest Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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From 1795 in the Russian Empire, from 1801 in Grodno province. In 1845 the estate was owned by Feliks Orzeszko, then the estate was owned by his son Piotr. The village is on Schubert's map for 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also the village on the military topographical map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the Ludwinow estate in Osowiec parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province, belonged to Piotr Orzeszko. The Polish writer Eliza Orzeszko (Pawlowska), wife of Piotr Orzeszko, lived and worked in Ludwinow from 1858 to 1864. In RGIA, F. 384 Op. 13 Д. 281, extreme dates: August 1, 1850 - March 1, 1851, our village is mentioned.

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+ Second Department of the Ministry of State Property. II Branch. 2 column. On the submission of the Grodno Chamber, on the desire of the landowner Orzeshko to pay the funduschette capital of 3500 rubles in silver, secured on his Ludvinovo estate in Grodno province. +
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In 1862 she organized a local elementary school, where 20 young men studied. Under her influence the Ludwinow estate became one of the centers of the uprising of 1863-1864. It was a stronghold for the rebels of Romuald Traugutt. It is worth mentioning that in the archive RGIA, F. 577 Op. 10 Д. 921, the extreme dates: March 31, 1864 - September 21, 1866, there is a mention of the village of Ludwinow.

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+ Case on the redemption by temporarily burdened peasants of land plots from the Ludwinow estate of Gosewski Alfons and Julia. (Grodno province). +
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In 1864 the estate was confiscated to the treasury, the writer went to the estate of her parents near Grodno. After the defeat of the rebels Eliza Orzeszko saved the life of the wounded Traugutt, taking him in her carriage to Brest and then to Warsaw. Piotr Orzeszko was imprisoned in Kobryn prison during the Tsar's investigation, and in 1865 Orzeszko was exiled to the Perm gubernia. Later the estate, which had 1218 dessiatinas of land was sold to Pawel Kontorow, who built a distillery for 15 thousand liters of annual production, Pawel son Nikolaj took over the estate. Nikolaj was killed in Rogaczew (near Gomel) at the hands of bandits when he was fleeing from the Germans in World War I. Nikolai heirs sold the estate to Piotr heirs. Piotrs heirs sold the estate to the Rozwadowski brothers, who divided the estate after the First World War. The manor was bought by Wener, who later dismantled most of the manor. Also in the archive RGIA, F. 573 Op. 26 Д. 1842, extreme dates: 1901 - 1905, also mentions our village.

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+ Department of tax levies of the Ministry of Finance. On the redemption of land plots by peasants. Kantorowa N. P., at the village of Yalocz, from the estate “Ludwinow”. Grodno province. Kobryn district. +
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In 1905 there were 40 inhabitants in the village. The village is on the one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Osowiec commune, Drohiczyn district, Poleskie voivodeship. In 1921 the folwark had 7 yards and 68 inhabitants. In 1936 in Ludwinow was found a hoard of XI century coins, most of the 651 coins were of German origin, there were also Danish coins, English, Hungarian, Italian, one Irish Kufic and one Czech coin. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 04.12.1939 in the BSSR, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, Ludwinow colony. There were 223 inhabitants and an elementary school. Since 15.01.1940 in Drohiczyn district. The village is on the map of the Red Army:

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Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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The village on the German map kdwr:

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Map 7 — German KDWR map
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In the Great Patriotic War 7 inhabitants of the village died at the front. In 1949 the collective farm named after "September 17" was founded, chairman A. Fiedukowicz. Since 1954 it was a part of Brest region. In 1959 the farmstead in Popina village council, 268 inhabitants. In 1970 the village - 279 inhabitants, in 1995 - 67 yards and 151 inhabitants.

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Village Malinowka

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The village appeared in the 1920s and 30s on the site of the former colony of Belin. It was part of Poland, in Poleskie Voivodeship. On the Polish map WIG:

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Map 1 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939 in the BSSR, in Osowiec parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, colony Belin. There were 146 households and 640 inhabitants. On the map of RKKA:

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During the Great Patriotic War a part of the village was burned down, 12 inhabitants were killed by the Nazis, 26 died at the front. In 1970 the village was in Osowiec village council, 686 inhabitants, in 1995 - 114 yards and 311 inhabitants, there was a working 8th school. In 1964 it was renamed from Belin colony to Malinowka.

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Village Marcinowe

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+ Date: 2025-07-23    |    + Tags: Marcinowe +
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It is very likely that the settlement originated and took its name from the tract near Marcinowe.

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The village on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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In 1886 farmstead in Osowiec parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. In 1905 it was a folwark, 16 inhabitants. The village is on the one-verst map:

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland. In 1921 there were 7 inhabitants living in 1 house. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period the Poleszczuk people made up 100%. The confessional composition of the population was dominated by Orthodox Christians (100%). In 1926 a sawmill was founded. In 1930 there were 11 households. The village on the map WIG:

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Since 1939 it was a part of BSSR. From 12.10.1940 in Popina village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, from 1954 Brest region. The village is on the Red Army map:

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Also on the German map KDWR:

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Map 5 — German KDWR map
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In 1960, farm Marcinowe, there were 108 inhabitants, in 1970 - 54 inhabitants, in 1995 - 9 yards and 12 inhabitants.

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Village Markowicze

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+ Date: 2025-07-22    |    + Tags: Markowicze +
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The village on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also the village on the military topographical map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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The village was mentioned in written sources in 1858, as a village center of the rural community, in Chomsk volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province, Russian Empire. It belonged to the estate Czernejewicze of the landlord Zijalkowski. There were 173 revision souls (state villagers). In 1890 the villagers of the community had 387 dessiatinas of land in possession, of which 258 dessiatinas were usable. In 1905 there were 336 inhabitants, there was an elementary school. In 1917-19 there was a Ukrainian elementary school with 60 pupils, the teacher was S. Kajdanow. The village is on the one-verst map:

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland. In Chomsk commune, Drohiczyn district, Poleskie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 386 inhabitants living in 74 houses. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period Belarusians made 92.7%, Jews - 5.7%, Poles - 1.6%. The confessional composition of the population was dominated by Orthodox Christians (94.3%). Polish WIG map:

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From 04.12.1939 it was part of BSSR, in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, a village in Chomsk volost. There were 97 households and 508 inhabitants, there was an elementary school. From 15.01.1940 in Drohiczyn district. From 12.10.1940 to 1954 in Zabierz village council. The village is on the map of Red Army:

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Map 7 — German KDWR map
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In the Great Patriotic War 8 villagers died, 7 at the front. Since 1954 in Brest region. In 1959 there were 250 inhabitants. Since 1970 the village in Niemerza village council, the center of the collective farm "Markowicze", 369 inhabitants, 8th school. In 1995 there were 84 households and 258 inhabitants.

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Village Mieniewiez

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+ Date: 2025-07-23    |    + Tags: Mieniewiez +
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In the archives of RGIA, F. 733 Op. 235 Д. 362, extreme dates: 1803-1837, there is a mention of our village:

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+ Case of the sale of the landowner Laskowski landlord Zawadcki estate Derewna and Mieniewiez Grodno province. +
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Hereinafter also RGIA, F. 733 Op. 235 Д. 155, extreme dates: 1803-1837, also mentioning the transfer of the village:

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+ The case of the transfer of the landowner Laskowski to Colonel Trembicki the right of ownership of the estate Derewna and Mieniewiez Grodno province. +
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The village on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also the village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village was the center of the village community of Ziolow volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province, part of the Derewna estate, landowners of the Zawadski family. There were 144 inhabitants. In 1890 the community had 353 tithes of land, of which 177 were usable. In 1905 there were 310 inhabitants in the village and 12 in the folvark. Again return to the archive RGIA, F. 796 Op. 169 D. 1060, extreme dates: 1888, mentioning the inhabitants of our village:

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+ On the petition of the commissioners of the peasants of the village of Mieniewiez Kobryn uyezd, Grodno province, peasants Nikolai Galuc and Andrei Tarasiuk on the transfer of the village from Detkowicze parish to the village parish. +
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The village is on the one-verst map:

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From 1921 to 1939 in Poland. In Ziolow commune, Kobryn district, Poleskie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 21 courtyards and 156 inhabitants. In 1930 there were 47 courtyards and a Polish elementary school. The village is on the Polish map WIG:

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From 1939 in the BSSR, from 15.01.1940 in Antopol district, Brest region. Since 12.10.1940 in Detkowicze village council, 285 inhabitants. The village is on the Red Army map:

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Map 7 — German KDWR map
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In the Great Patriotic War 9 inhabitants of the village died, 7 at the front. From 08.08.1959 in Drohiczyn district, 263 inhabitants, in 1995 - 56 households and 92 inhabitants.

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Village Mikick

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+ Date: 2025-07-24    |    + Tags: Mikick +
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In written sources it was mentioned in 1783, in the inventory of Bezdziez Key, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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From 1795 in the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village is on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858 the village, the center of the rural community in Bezdziez volost, had 226 revision souls (state villagers). The village is on the one-verst map:

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Bezdziez Commune, Drohiczyn District, Poleskie Voivodeship. In 1921, 57 yards and 312 inhabitants, in the village there was an underground cell of the "Communist Party of Western Belarus". The village is on the Polish map WIG:

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From 04.12.1939 in the BSSR, in Bezdziez parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 12.10.1940 in Bezdziez village council, Drohichy district, there was a brickyard and an elementary school. The village is on the Red Army map:

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Map 7 — German KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War 39 inhabitants of the village were killed, 19 died at the front. Since 1954 in Brest region. In 1960 there were 499 inhabitants, in 1970 there were 404 inhabitants, in 1995 there were 84 yards and 239 inhabitants.

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Village Misiowce

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The village is mentioned in 1778, with five farms, part of the Drohiczyn County, with 30 residents. From 1791, it was part of the Kobryn County, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn County, Slonim, from 1797 Lithuanian, and from 1801 Grodno Province. Our village on Schubert's map for 1826-1840:

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Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858, in the Drohiczyn volost, Kobryn district, the village was a suburb of the town of Drohiczyn. Misiowce was part of the Sacha estate, owned by the landowner Wislouch, and had 7 revisor souls (state peasants). Later, the village was owned by the family of the landowner Stosza and had 18 revisor souls (state peasants). In 1890, the village of Misiowce in the Lipniki rural community is mentioned as having 601 dessiatines of land, with the estate belonging to the landowner Matwej Walaniejewicz, who owned 283 dessiatines of land. The Lipniki-Misiowce estate belonged to Mikhail Stosza, who owned 48 dessiatines of land. In 1905, the village of Misiowce had 73 inhabitants, and the estate had 50 inhabitants. In the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavic Countries, Volume XV, Part 2, for 1895, Misiowce is mentioned as belonging to the Wolyncewicz family. The village on the one-verst map:

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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Drohiczyn gmina, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 6 households and 25 inhabitants. The village on the Polish WIG map:

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From December 4, 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR, in the Drohiczyn volost, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 33 households and 220 inhabitants. From January 15, 1940, it was part of the Drohiczyn district, and from October 12, 1940, it was part of the Lipniki village council. The village on the Red Army map:

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Three residents of the village died in the Great Patriotic War. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest region. Since 1960, it has been part of the Starosiels district, and since 1965, part of the Drohiczyn district. In 1960, there were 141 residents, in 1970 - 110 residents, in 1995 - 26 households and 59 residents.

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Village Mostki

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+ Date: 2025-07-28    |    + Tags: Mostki +
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The village on Schubert's map from 1826-1840, Russian Empire:

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The village is also shown on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire from 1846-1863:

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Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863) — part 1
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Map 3 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863) — part 2
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It is worth noting that the village was divided into Wielkie and Male Mostki.

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In 1858, the village was the center of the rural community in the Ziolow volost, Kobryn uyezd, part of the Derewna estate owned by the Zawadski landowners. There were 169 registered souls (state peasants). In 1905, there were 361 inhabitants. The village on the one-verst map:

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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Ziolow gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 24 households and 145 inhabitants. In terms of the ethnic composition of the population at that time, Poles accounted for 88.3% and Belarusians for 9%. Orthodox Christians predominated in the religious composition of the population (100%). In the 1930s, there were already 72 households. The village on the Polish WIG map:

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Since 1939, it has been part of the Belarus SSR. Since January 15, 1940, it has been part of the Antopol District, Brest Region, and since October 12, 1940, it has been part of the Derewna Village Council, with 39 residents. The village on the Red Army map:

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During the Great Patriotic War, 30 residents of the village were killed, and 18 did not return from the front. Since July 17, 1954, it has been part of the Imienin village council, and since August 8, 1959, it has been part of the Drohiczyn district. In 1959, there were 298 residents, in 1970 - 278 residents, in 1995 - 72 households and 132 residents.

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Village Nagorze

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+ Date: 2025-07-30    |    + Tags: Nagorze +
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The village on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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In the book A. Iliin - Rebels-Berestiets, a villager is mentioned:

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+ Jeremabczyk Ivan, a participant in the Polish uprising of 1830-31. From the peasants of the village of Nagorze, serf of the landowners Wyslouch. At the investigation he proved that he had joined the rebels not of his own free will. After serfdom he was released home. +
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It is also mentioned in written sources in 1858 as the village of Nagury (which translates from Polish written in Cyrillic to “Nagorze”). It was the center of the village community in Pierkowicze parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. It was a part of the Chlewiszcze estate of the landowner Wiktor Wyslouch. There were 150 auditor's souls (state villagers). In 1905 in Wolowiel parish, the village Nagorze - 301 inhabitants, 2 settlements Nagorze - 12 inhabitants, a settlement Nagorze - 11 inhabitants, railroad station Nagorze - 28 inhabitants. The village on the one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Wolowiel commune, Drohiczyn district, Poleskie voivodeship. In 1921, the village had 21 yards and returned to its former name Nagorze, it also had 132 inhabitants. The village is on the Polish map WIG:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 04.12.1939 in the BSSR, the village Nagorze, Wolowiel parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 57 households and 303 inhabitants. From 15.01.1940 in Drohichy district, from 12.10.1940 in Litowsk village council. The village on the map of Red Army:

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Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Also on the German map kdwr:

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Map 7 — German KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War 13 inhabitants of the village died, 9 did not return from the front. In 1960 the village had 179 inhabitants, in 1970 the village was in Zakoziel village council, 401 inhabitants, in 1995 - 155 yards and 478 inhabitants.

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Village Nowa Popina

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As we can see on Schubert's map of 1826-1840, our settlement is not yet present:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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But it already exists on the military topographical map of the Russian Empire 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In the RGIA archive there are documents mentioning our colony and Popina estate. + The first worth mentioning is F. 899 Op. 1 S. 468, extreme dates: 1913.

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+ Lease agreement and sale record, concluded by gr. Bobrynska (née Polowcewa) N.A. Bobrynska (née Polowcewa) with Zuk I.B. on the estate of the latter Popina Kobryn u. Grodno province. +
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Also the following record, F. 899 Op. 1 S. 469, extreme dates: 1914.

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+ Power of attorney given by gr. Bobrynska (née Polowcewa) N.A. Morenschild B.F. to conduct business on the acquisition of the estate of Popina, Kobryn district, Grodno province, from Zuk I.B. Grodno province. Kobryn u. Grodno province. +
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There is also 3 record but already mentioning both the estate and Popina. F. 899 Op. 1 Д. 517, extreme dates: 1891 - 1917.

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+ Powers of attorney gr. Samojlow ,A. N. Samojlow, gr. Bobrynska (née Szuwalowa) SA, gr. Bobrynska (née Polowcewa) NA, issued to various persons (Kolesow A.S., Lazarewicz Y. S., Gelfreich G.M., Morenschild B.F., Den von A.A., Laskowski Z.A.) to represent the interests of owners and manage estates and factories, including Smieliansk in Czerkasy u. Kiev province; Zakoziel, Belin, Perekrestie and Popina in Kobryn district, Grodno province. Grodno province. +
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Also the settlement on the one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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On the three-verst map:

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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland and was established as a village in 1930 on the site of the former Popina colony, which was renamed Nowa Popina. In 1939 there were 119 households and 595 inhabitants in Popina colony. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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Since 1939 it was a part of the BSSR. During the Great Patriotic War 7 inhabitants of the village died. The village on the map of the Red Army:

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Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Also the village on the map kdwr:

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+ German KDWR map +
Map 7 — German KDWR map
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In 1950 the Oktiabsky MTS was founded. In 1970 the village Novaya Popina had 541 inhabitants. In 1995, 292 yards and 984 inhabitants.

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Church in Nowa Popina (Popina)

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In “Inventory of Documents of the Vilnius Central Archive of Ancient Act Books. Issue X.”, March 1, 1580. One can see a record of the sale of Popina by Wojna Vasiliewicz Linewski and part of the lands of his brother Michal Wasil Linewski. The buyer is Bogdan Jackowicz Czernewski. The document mentions a functioning Orthodox church in Popina.

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Document 1 — Sale of Popina (1580)
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From the entry in “Acts published by the Vilna Archaeological Commission. T XVIII. Vilna. 1891. с.407” In 1660 the church was robbed.

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"Papina" is mentioned in the list of Christian Catholic settlements in 1726.

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+ List of Christian Catholic settlements 1726 +
Document 2 — List of Christian Catholic settlements (1726)
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The Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior was built of wood by the leader of the nobility of the Pinsk district, Michail Orzeszko, in 1810 on the site of an old church. The temple was built on a stone foundation, and a wooden bell tower was built next to it. What happened to the old church is unknown.

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There is also confirmation that it belongs to the Uniates:

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+ Kanstantin Stankewicz son of Jakima, * 21.05.1792, in. Pniowno Pinsk pavilion. Studied at school at the Zurowetski monastery of the Basilians; illuminated by the Brescia upiscaps I.-I. Bulgak 1815; the saints of the Tsar in the village of Papin Kobryn pavilion. 1832-25.02.1837. [575, arc. 62; 576, arc. 69 adv.-70; 616; 695]. +
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There are copies of the metric books of the Popin church for 1810 - 1826 on the Marmon site, available at link.

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After the abolition of Uniatism the church was handed over to the Orthodox.

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This is confirmed by Rittich's maps for 1864. And the main point of the church was in the Gospodarstvo v. Popino (where now is located Nowa Popina). Popina itself, mentioned above in the records, is located above and belongs to this parish.

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+ Rittich map 1864 +
Map 3 — Rittich map (1864)
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Also noted on Schubert's 1866 - 1887 maps is the church in Popino.

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+ Schubert map 1866-1887 +
Map 4 — Schubert map (1866–1887)
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In 1870 a new iconostasis was built in the church at the expense of local parishioners. In the same year the foreman of Osowiec parish Ignatiy Mazonowicz and his brother Matfei donated a bell worth 100 rubles in silver to their parish church. In 1867 the same parishioners donated 500 rubles. On these funds, with the participation and assistance of the priest Anthony Stankevich, the bell tower was arranged, a new fence was erected around the church and a new roof of the church was built. + In 1873 a new sacristy was built in the church, for the arrangement of which the local parishioners donated 99 rubles. A peasant Mozanowicz donated to the new sacristy a vestry of light brocade. For the donations and the improvement of their church, the parishioners of Popinskaya church received the archpastoral blessing. In 1886 a new roof was made and a new bell was purchased. Also in 1897 for the needs of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior was sent one hundred rubles by Archpriest Ioan Sergiew (St. Ioan Kronstadtki).

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In the book “Descriptions of Churches and Parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Vol. 1”, 1899. there is a description of the church in Popin.

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+ Description of churches 1899 +
Document 5 — Description of churches (1899)
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There are records of Orthodox clergy in Popin from the Polotsk Cathedral until 1897. It is worth noting that Konstantin Statkiewicz converted from Uniate to Orthodoxy.

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At the time of II Polish Republic (1918 - 1939) there is a map where Kolonia Popina and the church are marked.

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+ Polish map 1919-1939 +
Map 6 — Polish map (1919–1939)
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At present the church has the following appearance: the main rectangular log cabin of the church is covered with a hip roof, which ends in the center with an onion-like head. From the east is attached pentagonal apse with a side sacristy, from the west - a rectangular narthex, over which in the second half of the XX century erected a two-story four-sided hipped bell tower, crowned with a poppy. Horizontally clad side facades are divided by ray window openings and bars in the partitions. The middle part of the church is covered with a flat ceiling on beams, the apse is distinguished by a wooden iconostasis. The church is a monument of folk architecture. + In the spring of 1962 the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior was closed. Divine services in it were not performed until 1989. On November 25, 1989 the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior was consecrated by the dean of Kobrin district priest Alexander Lesik.

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At the moment the church is functioning and is located in the agro-town of Novaya Popina, Drochyn district.

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Photo 7 — Church in Novaya Popina (recent)
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Village Niemierza

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Our village was originally formed from the Burmaki farmstead, which was located above the village of Okropne. It is marked on Schubert's map from 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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The village on the one-verst map:

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Map 2 — One-verst map
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On the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863, Burmaki, which is higher up on the map, was already named Okropne.

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 3 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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The village on the three-verst map:

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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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In the RGIA archive, F. 1344 Op. 142 D. 1475, extreme dates December 11, 1899. There is a mention of our village:

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+ Second (peasant) department of the Senate. Report of the Grodno governor dated December 14, 1898, No. 13207, with a complaint from the representative of the peasants of the village of Okropno, Nikifor Wakulin, regarding the seizure of Nazalia Maruszko garden. +
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In 1907, the site of the folwark and the villages of Okropno and Barmaki, which were part of the Chomsk volost, Kobryn County, Grodno Province, was settled by immigrants from the Bialowieza forest region.

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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Drohiczyn County, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, the village had 35 households and 68 inhabitants in the Chomsk gmina. The village on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From December 4, 1939, it was part of the BSSR, in the Drohiczyn County, Pinsk Region, with 38 households and 209 inhabitants, and a primary school. From January 15, 1940, it was in the Drohiczyn District, and from October 12, 1940, in the Niemierza Village Council. The village on the Red Army map:

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Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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The village on the German kdwr map:

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Map 7 — German KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War, 24 residents of the village were killed and 21 did not return from the front. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest region. In 1960, the village had 163 residents, and in 1970, 160 residents. In 1976, Okropno and Burmaki were included in the village. In 1995, there were 146 households and 380 residents.

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Village Niemkowicze

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This article contains information about the village of Niemkowicze, Pruzana district, now Belarus. Since one of my branches “Kaluta” comes from there, I collect any information about this village and also publish what I have at the moment. This article will be supplemented over time. I will be glad to receive any new information or clarification of historical inaccuracies on my side.

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The appearance of the village Nemkovichi is probably connected with the settlement of the land. As we can see from the name, with great probability the settlement was founded by representatives of the Nemkovichi family, but there are other assumptions, which I will note in this article.

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In a legal (administrative) case involving Prince Franciszek Sapieha, who was a privy counselor and prosecutor, concerning Princess Stefan Radziwill and her claims against the owners (possessors) of the land of Sielce:

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In the 16th-17th centuries Lichacze, Postolowo, Mokre, Kuszli and all neighboring villages adjacent to Niemkowicze are mentioned, but Niemkowicze is never mentioned there. However, the very fact that these lands were included in the Sielec land serves as a primary source.
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Also in the document “Acts of the Brest City Court, 157b-171b” there are mentions of settlements near Niemkowicze, but no mentions of the village itself. These are:

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Postolowo
+ 1580, April 24. Wlikowski l. Wictorina Stepanowicza Bornowska that he transferred his rights to the manor of Ostromeczy and in Postolowo, which were given to him in “prezysk” to the “zemyats” Kosciuszko and his matron Marina Boguszewa Kozlowa, to Jerzy Zigimontowicz, sub-starosta of Kobryn, for the same sum as this manor was awarded to him by the zem. berest. court. This sheet contains two “registers” of grounds and subjects of them. Ostromeczy, – one in Polish and the other in Russian. Pages 667-560.

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Postolovo
+ 1580, August 6. Sale of l. Mihna Boguszewicz Wozlotowicz to Jerzy Zigimontowicz for the estates in Ostromeczy and in Postolowo, with access to the Kobrynsky forest and the river Muchowiec.

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Zamoshe
+ 1631 May 1. Statement by Pawel Dymski-Szmogorowski about the disappearance of various gold and silver items from his possession during his stay at the court of Alexandra Janowa Wisznewska in Nowoszucy, Pinsk district, where they arrived for the wedding of Alexander Wisznewski from their estate of Zamoszje. In the theft of these things he suspects his driver Jan Piotrowicz. In Polish, pp. 2249-50.

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“Inventory of the Kobryn Starostvo” for 1597 contains information about Wojtaszta Jakowicki, in which the villages near Niemkowicze are mentioned: Poroslany, Zadeny, Lezajka. Niemkowicze is not mentioned in any written form.

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In the “Revision of the Kobryn Starostvo, carried out by order of Her Majesty's Queen” of 1618, the villages near Niemkowicze are mentioned: Poroslany, Jakowicze, Zadeny, Lezajka. Niemkowicze is not mentioned in any written form.

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In the “Income Tax Register” of 1667 and the register of 1690 the village of Niemkowicze is not mentioned. But nearby villages are mentioned: Krasne, Postolowo, Zamoszje, Mokre, Lezajka, Poroslany, Jakowicze, Zadeny. It is also important to note that there is a mention of a settlement named Nieńkowicze (Niemkowicze). As one possibility, we can assume that the name was later transformed into Niemkowicze or it was a typo in the text.

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From the Uniate MK of the village Mokre (near Niemkowicze), stored in RGIA (St. Petersburg) for 1776-1801, there are records about the inhabitants of the village Niemkowicze.

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From the “Income Tax Register” of 1775, Niemkowicze and Kuszle together had 15 farms and were listed under Pan Sawicki. He was a lieutenant in the royal service. Before 1775 Sawicki gave the villages of Niemkowicze and Kuszli (also his other holdings Czarnolozy, Krasne, Pieski, Klepaczy) into long-term lease to the strażnikowicza (guard?) of Owrucki surname Jelski. However, there may be a letter error in the documents and it could be stolnikowicza (stolnik), in which case we could assume that we are talking about Ignacy Jelski, who was promoted in 1775 to flag bearer (flagman) of the Lithuanian First Guard. Later a major of the Kingdom of Poland, died in 1820; he was the son of Stolnik owrucki Maciej Jelski. Further in history, Niemkowicze was always owned by several noble families.

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The village on Schubert's map of 1820-1840:

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Schubert map, 1826–1840
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Probably the next owners were representatives of the Lachowski family, coat of arms “Belina”, more specifically Jozef Lachowski. At that time Niemkowicze was part of the Lachowski estate – Mokre. In a case from 1836, there is discussion about the sale of the Niemkowicze estate with 12 decimals of land together with rural buildings to the Pacewicz family – Jan and Katerina.

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In the 19th century several families were listed as owners of the Niemkowicze estate: Okinczyce and Galloff on one side, and Pacewicz and Giedrojcу on the other.

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There is a mention of the Nemkovichs in the file "Grodno provincial board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs", Grodno.

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Grodno provincial board record, 1850
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In the 1860s the land holdings of the families were small. The Pacewicze and Giedrojcу families owned a total of 31 dessiatinas of land.

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After the uprising of 1863-1864, from February 21 to May 1874, part of the land holdings of the Niemkowicze estate belonging to Piotr Pacewicz and Giedroyc disappeared. They were bought out by temporarily obliged villagers. The estate existed until 1915, most likely not surviving World War I or the Polish-Bolshevik war.

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Another part of Niemkowicze, known since the first half of the 19th century, belonged to the Galloff family. According to data from 1845-1847, the estate was owned by Alexander Galloff and Theodor Galloff.

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In the 1860s Paulina Galloff [1814-1888], wife of Józef Okinczyc [1804-1878], was listed as the owner of the estate; she owned 64 dessiatinas of land.

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During the uprising of 1863-1864, their son Aleksander Okinczyc (a doctor of the uprising and memoirist) lived in the estate. After the uprising, from February 21, 1866 to January 16, 1873, part of the land of the Niemkowicze estate belonging to Okinczyc P.O. and Galloff F.O. was bought by temporarily burdened peasants. Niemkowicze on the map of 1865-1887:

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Three-verst map, 1865–1887
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Niemkowicze on the one-verst map of 1866:

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One-verst map, 1866
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In 1870 it was part of Pruzana uyezd, Wielokosielsk parish.

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In 1890 the estate had 65 dessiatinas of land.

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According to the enumeration of 1897, Niemkowicze was located in Kotra parish, Pruzana district, Grodno province. There were 16 households and 98 inhabitants. There was a bread store.

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Niemkowicze on the Austro-Hungarian map:

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Austro-Hungarian map
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The village is mentioned in the “Geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries” of 1902.

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Geographical dictionary, 1902
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In 1909 it was part of Pruzany uyezd, Kotra volost. There is a mention of Niemkowicze in the file “Pruzany uyezd commission of the Main Department of Land Management and Land Survey, Pruzany”, the case was conducted from March 23 to July 27, 1913.

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Pruzany uyezd commission file, 1913
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From 1921 as part of Poland. Niemkowicze on the WIG map:

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Polish WIG map
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Since 1924 in Pruzana district, Kotra rural municipality. Since 1933 in Pruzana district, Rudniki rural commune. From the accounts of locals, before World War II virtually the entire village was of the Protestant Pentecostal persuasion. According to the stories, Protestantism entered the village from a local man who had returned from working in the United States. Also, people who had previously practiced Catholicism or Orthodoxy, in their majority, attended Protestant meetings. They often gathered in the homes of local people for worship.

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From 1939 it was part of the BSSR. Since 15 January 1940 in Pruzana district, Brest region. There were 31 yards and 135 inhabitants. During the Great Patriotic War, in June 1942, the Nazis burned the village and killed 25 inhabitants. The village on the Red Army map:

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Red Army (RKKA) map
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After the war the village was rebuilt. At the front, 2 inhabitants of the village died. In 1970 there were 55 inhabitants; in 2003 there were 6 yards and 9 inhabitants. As of 2025, no one lives in the village. It is in Pruzana district, Mokre village council. Near the village in the woods there is a grave of victims of fascism – 58 peaceful inhabitants of the villages Nemkovichi and Postalowo, who were killed by the Nazis in July 1942. On the grave there is an obelisk.

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Obelisk at the mass grave
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Monument detail
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Grave site in the forest
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Memorial obelisk
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Village Nowa Temra

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Written sources mention it in 1793 as a tract of land within the boundaries of the Chomsk County, Brest Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn County, Slonim, from 1797 in the Lithuanian, and from 1801 in the Grodno Province. Villages on Schubert's map from 1826-1840:

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Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Map 2 — One-verst map
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In 1890, the Temra farmstead was part of the estate of landowner Andrej Lukianienko. Forest Temra belonged to Anna Timofejewa, in the Ziolow volost, Kobryn district. In the "Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavic Countries, Volume XII" for 1892, our Temra is mentioned:

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+ A tract of land in the Kobryn district, Ziolow commune, 30 versts from Kobryn, there is a shingle factory. +
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On the RGIA website, F. 596 Op. 6 D. 60, extreme dates: 1895, there is a mention of our village in the document:

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+ Petrograd-Tula Land Bank. On the issuance of a loan for 61 8/12 years to peasant A. P. Kaminski against the pledge of a plot of land from the Temra estate in the Kobryn district of the Grodno province. +
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In the "Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavic Countries, Volume XV, Part 2," for 1902, there is also a description of Temra:

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+ A farmstead and forest tract in the Kobryn district. The farmstead belongs to the Sukacze estate. The tract is owned by the Timofejewicz family. +
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There is also a second entry about Temra Luka. Perhaps this is another name for our Temra, or perhaps it is another village, like Stara and Nowa Temra.

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+ Temra Luka - village, Kobryn district, Ilosk municipality, owned by the Szyrajew family. 1,016 dessiatines of land (618 forest, 331 unused). +
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In 1905, the village of Temra Stara had 151 inhabitants, and the two Temra farms had 13 and 9 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland. In 1921, the village of Temra, the Temra farmstead, and the Grateki farmstead had a total of 24 households and 162 residents, of whom 153 were Orthodox Christians. In 1930, there were 11 houses in the village of Nowa Temra. The village on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 3 — Polish WIG map
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Since 1939, it has been part of the Belarus SSR. Since January 15, 1940, it has been in the Antopol District, Brest Region. Since October 12, 1940, it has been in the Detkowicze Village Council, with 68 inhabitants. The village on the Red Army map:

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During the Great Patriotic War, three residents of the village were killed, two died on the front lines. Since August 8, 1959, part of the Drohiczyn District, 91 residents. In 1970, 117 residents; in 1995, 22 households and 36 residents.

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Village Nowiki

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+ Date: 2025-07-30    |    + Tags: Nowiki +
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The village was mentioned in written sources in 1778, in the description of the borders of Drohiczyn princedom, the village is a suburb of Drohiczyn. There were 12 village yards and 53 inhabitants, there was a working tavern.

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From 1795 it was a part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also the village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858 the village in Drohiczyn parish, Kobryn district, center of the village community. There were 82 revision souls (state villagers). On the site of the archive RGIA, F. 1424 Op. 2 Д. 63, extreme dates: 1888 - 1898, there is a reference to the village and its owners:

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+ Special geometric plans of land holdings of peasants of the villages of Sutki, Nowiki, Salowa, Wolka and Karalin in Kobryn uyezd, Grodno province, separated from the estates “Ostrowki” and “Grudkowicze” landlords Rusecki and Bogurski. Part 2. +
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In 1905 there were 126 inhabitants. The village on the one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map +
Map 3 — One-verst map
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Also on the three-verst map:

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+ Three-verst map +
Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Drohiczyn district, Drohiczyn county, Poleskie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 21 yards and 147 inhabitants. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 04.12.1939 it was part of BSSR, in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, a village in Drohiczyn volost. There were 30 households and 177 inhabitants. From 15.01.1949 in Drohiczyn district, from 12.10.1940 in Starosielk village council. The village is on the map of Red Army:

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+ Red Army map +
Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Also on the German map kdwr:

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+ German KDWR map +
Map 7 — German KDWR map
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In the Great Patriotic War 10 inhabitants of the village died, 6 did not return from the front. Since 1965 it has been a part of Drohiczynski village council. In 1960 there were 137 inhabitants, in 1970 - 110 inhabitants, in 1995 - 25 yards and 39 inhabitants.

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Village Nowosiolki

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+ Date: 2025-07-28    |    + Tags: Nowosiolki +
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Our village is not marked on Schubert's map from 1826-1840; instead, there is an empty swamp in its place:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Our village is already marked on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire from 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village was part of the Osipowicze rural community, in the Antopol volost, Kobryn povet, Grodno province. There were 73 revisory souls (state peasants). In 1905, the village had 272 inhabitants. The village on the katya odnoverstka:

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+ One-verst map +
Map 3 — One-verst map
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The village on the three-verst map:

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+ Three-verst map +
Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland and had 13 households and 81 inhabitants. In the 1930s, there were 39 households and a primary school. The village on the Polish WIG map:

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+ Polish WIG map +
Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR. From January 15, 1940, it was in the Antopol District, Brest Region. From October 12, 1940, it was in the Osipowicze Village Council. In 1941, there were 41 households and 166 inhabitants. The village on the Red Army map:

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+ Red Army map +
Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Also on the non-German kdwr map:

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+ KDWR map +
Map 7 — KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War, the German occupiers completely burned down the village, killed 13 villagers, and 5 villagers died at the front. Since 1954, it has been part of the Holowczyce village council, and since 1959, it has been part of the Drohiczyn district, Brest region. In 1960, there were 169 residents, in 1970, there were 272 residents, and in 1995, there were 66 households and 144 residents.

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Church in Odryzyn

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+ Date: 2024-07-09    |    + Tags: Odryzyn +
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Odryzyn was once part of Drohiczyn district, so it is worth mentioning the local church.

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The oldest mention of the church is the Uniate metric books from 1684 to 1801. They are kept in the RGIA. It was a wooden church, consecrated in honor of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, standing on the southern shore of the lake.

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+ Uniate metric books 1684-1801 +
Uniate metric books, 1684–1801 (RGIA)
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There is no information about what happened to the old church, but in 1783 a new Uniate church was built by landowners Czernecki-Czarny.

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+ Note about new church 1783 +
Record of the new church, 1783
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There are also mentions of the last Uniate priests of this church until 1837:

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After the Council of Polotsk in 1839, the church was handed over to the Orthodox Church.

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The Grodno archive already has Orthodox metric books from 1843 to 1863. They are also available online on the Marmon website.

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+ Orthodox metric books 1843-1863 +
Orthodox metric books, 1843–1863 (Grodno archive)
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+ Marmon records +
Marmon online records, 1843–1863
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On Rittich's 1864 population maps, the church in Odryzyn is marked.

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+ Rittich map 1864 +
Rittich map, 1864
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Also on Schubert's maps of 1866-1867, the church is marked.

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+ Schubert map 1866-1867 +
Schubert map, 1866–1867
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On February 25, 1870, the Odryzyn church was consecrated. The parish was headed by priest Innokenty Karnatowski, who graduated from the Lithuanian Theological Seminary. In the period from 1914 to 1923 the parish of Odryzyn, in addition to the village of Odryzyn, included the villages of Glinno and Gorki.

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From 5 July 1909 to 9 June 1914, Dubinka Philip Fedorowicz served in the Odryzyn church. He was also a senior teacher of the 2nd railroad school of Pogodino station of the Moscow-Brest railroad.

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It is not known whether the church was active during the II Rzeczpospolita, because the church was not marked on Polish maps.

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+ Polish map 1918-1938 +
Polish map, 1918–1938 (church not shown)
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In 1944 the church burned down.

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A new church was built on the place of the old destroyed one. Construction started in 1993. On May 25, 1999 the church was consecrated in honor of St. Michael the Archangel by His Eminence Stephen, Archbishop of Pinsk and Luninec. In 2006, bells for the temple were purchased, the consecration of which took place on September 19, 2006 by the ruling bishop. In 2015 the temple was renovated.

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At present the temple is functioning and in excellent condition.

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+ Modern church in Odryzyn +
Church of St. Michael the Archangel, 2020
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Ogdemier

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+ Date: 2024-10-04    |    + Tags: Ogdemier +
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The village of Ogdemier was first mentioned in 1630 under the name "Idemer," and in 1770 it was referred to as "Gdemer." On a map from 1750, the road passing through the village was designated as a main route. The village was advantageously located and attracted the attention of the nobility.

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+ Map 1750 road +
Map 1 — Road through the village (1750)
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+ Map fragment +
Map 2 — Additional map fragment
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In 1867, it was part of the Worocewicze wolost in the Kobrin district of the Grodno Governorate. At that time, the area recorded 369 "souls," which also included people living in nearby estates.

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In 1860, there were manorial estates in this region, known as Ogdemier-1 and Ogdemier-2, owned by Mr. Zablodsky and Mrs. Kurovskaya. Given that they owned an equal number of souls, they were likely relatives who had inherited and divided the land.

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In 1890, the rural community had 687 desyatinas of land, of which 370 were arable. The estates of Ostrowki, Ogdemier, and the Zawadycze tract occupied 583 desyatinas.

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In 1905, the village had a population of 573 and a school.

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During World War I, when the district was occupied by German forces, the village's population decreased significantly. Many residents became refugees, and about half did not return after the war.

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From 1921 to 1939, during the time of the II Polish Republic, the village was part of the Worocewicze Gmina in the Drochiczyn district of Polesie Voivodeship.

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+ Polish map 1937 +
Map 3 — Polish map (1937)
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In 1921, the village had 79 households and 286 inhabitants. There was a Polish school with 55 students.

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+ Polish school +
Image 4 — Polish school
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Starting from 04.12.1939, with the arrival of Soviet власти, Ogdemier was in Drohiczyn District, Pinsk Oblast, BSSR.

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As of 12.10.1940, it became the center of a rural council. The village had 131 households and 1,007 residents.

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+ Red Army map +
Map 5 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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During World War II, 34 residents perished, and 17 did not return from the front.

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In 1949, a collective farm named after Czkalov was established. In 1954, the village became part of Brest Region.

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Population: 525 residents in 1959, 448 in 1970, and 254 residents in 1995.

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A cemetery from World War I is preserved in the village.

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+ WWI cemetery +
Image 6 — World War I cemetery
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There is also a chapel whose builder is currently unknown.

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+ Chapel +
Image 7 — Chapel
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Image 8 — Chapel (second view)
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Village Orlowicze and manor Horlowicze

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+ Date: 2024-10-09    |    + Tags: Orlowicze, Horlowicze +
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Orlowicze as a folwark was first mentioned in 1628 and 1698.

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In 1860 the village and the estate (Horlowicze) in Perkovitska and then Wolowiel volosts, Kobryn district, Grodno province. There were 129 “souls” in the village, they also belonged to the Horlowicze estate, which belonged to Felix Wyslouch (206 “souls”). During the uprising of 1863–64, the estate was used as an ammunition depot for the rebels.

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After that, the Orlovic family became the owners from the Rusecky family.

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On Schubert's maps of 1870:

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+ Schubert map 1870 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1870)
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In 1905, Orlowicze had 20 inhabitants, the manor had 42 inhabitants, and the settlement had 14 people. There was an elementary school.

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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Wolowiel Commune, Drohiczyn County, Poleskie Voivodeship, Poland.

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In 1921, the village had 14 courtyards and 92 inhabitants. The folwark had 2 courtyards and 17 inhabitants.

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On the WIG maps:

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+ WIG maps +
Map 2 — Polish WIG maps
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From 04.12.1939, with the arrival of Soviet power, the village became part of Drohichyn district, Pinsk region, BSSR.

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From 12.10.1940 the village is listed in the Litowsk village council. The last owner of the estate was the Krajewski family (until 1939).

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On the maps of the Red Army:

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+ Red Army maps +
Map 3 — Red Army (RKKA) maps
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During World War II, 5 inhabitants of the village died at the front. During the war, a secondary school operated in the manor.

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After the war, the manor was dismantled and transported to Drohiczyn. Only the old foundation remains.

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Photo of the entrance to the manor:

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Image 4 — Entrance to the manor
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The manor house was likely built under the Wyslouch family. It was wooden, rectangular, with a mansard roof and tiled covering. Inside were living rooms, a library, kitchen, and bedrooms.

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Remnants of the old park are preserved. Today it occupies about 5 hectares. A linden avenue and various tree species (maples, lindens, chestnuts, oaks) remain.

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There is an approximate plan of the park:

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+ Park plan +
Image 5 — Park plan
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Current view of the park:

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+ Park 2023 +
Image 6 — Park (modern view)
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Currently, all buildings are used as a farmyard of the collective farm:

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+ Farm buildings +
Image 7 — Farm buildings
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Image 8 — Farm buildings
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Image 9 — Farm buildings
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Image 10 — Farm buildings
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Image 11 — Farm buildings
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Since 1954, Orlowicze has been part of Brest region. In 1970 the village had 153 inhabitants, and in 1995 — 63 households and 154 inhabitants.

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Village Osipowicze

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+ Date: 2024-10-10    |    + Tags: Osipowicze +
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Osipowicze is mentioned in 1546, in the description of the borders between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crown of Poland. It was a village in Kobryn district, the property of “Pan Andrei the Doctor”.

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In 1783 it was included in Holowczyce key, Brest district.

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In 1791 in Kobryn district, from 1795 in the Russian Empire, from 1797 in Lithuanian, and from 1801 in Grodno province.

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In 1858, the village was the center of the Osipowicze rural community in Antopol volost. It had 399 “souls” (state villagers).

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On Schubert's 1870 map:

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+ Schubert map 1870 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1870)
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According to the Central Statistical Committee (1880–1886), Osipowicze was a former state village with 44 yards and 559 inhabitants, and a drinking house.

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In 1905 the village had 929 inhabitants, and there was a parochial school.

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From 1921 to 1939, the village was part of Antopol gmina, Kobryn county, Poleskie voivodeship, Poland.

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On the WIG map:

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+ WIG map +
Map 2 — Polish WIG map
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From 04.12.1939 the village was in the BSSR. From 1940 it was part of Antopol district and became the center of the village council. In 1940 the population was 833 inhabitants.

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On the RKKA map:

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+ RKKA map +
Map 3 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War, 53 inhabitants died, including 45 at the front.

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Since 1959, the village has been part of Drohiczyn district. In 1960 it had 573 inhabitants, in 1970 — 680. It was the center of the collective farm named after “Karl Marx”. In 1995 there were 205 households and 525 inhabitants.

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In the village are preserved:

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The mass grave and monument to those who died during the Great Patriotic War:

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+ WWII memorial +
Image 4 — WWII memorial
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World War I cemetery:

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+ WWI cemetery +
Image 5 — World War I cemetery
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+ WWI cemetery +
Image 6 — World War I cemetery (additional view)
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Church in Osowce

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The first mention of the church known at the moment is a list of Uniate clergy:

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+ Czechowicz Gabryel, priest of the church in Osowce (1755)
+ Kuzminski Justin (Ustin), chaplain (1832–1836)
+ Mihail Czehovicz, priest (1832–1837)
+ Wosinskiy Porfiry, vicar (1837)
+ Szemetilo Kacper, administrator (1837) +
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In 1780 the church was renovated by the landowner Kliment Ozheshko.

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Image 1 — Source mentioning renovation (1780)
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Image 2 — Description of the church
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RGIA preserves Uniate metric records from 1789–1801.

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Image 3 — Metric books (1789–1801)
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There are also metric books for 1823–1826:

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Image 4 — Metric books (1823–1826)
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In 1836 the iconostasis was built. The church housed a revered icon.

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Image 5 — Icon of the Mother of God
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In 1839 the church became Orthodox.

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Map 7 — Map (1866–1867)
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Image 8 — Portrait
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Map 9 — Map (1918–1938)
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Image 10 — Modern church
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Village Osowlane

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The village of Osowlane was mentioned in 1858, as part of Imienin parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. There were 13 “souls” (state villagers) in the village, formerly subordinated to the Torokany monastery.

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Schubert's map of 1870:

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Map 1 — Schubert map (1870)
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In 1905 the village had 285 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, Imienin commune, Drohiczyn district, Poleskie voivodeship.

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In 1921 the village had 52 courtyards and 133 inhabitants (all Orthodox).

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WIG map:

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Map 2 — Polish WIG map
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From 04.12.1939 the village became part of the BSSR. It had 57 households and 246 inhabitants.

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From 1940 it was the center of the village council. During World War II, the village was partially burned and 8 inhabitants died at the front.

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RKKA map:

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Map 3 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Since 1954 the village has been part of Brest region.

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Population: 163 inhabitants in 1960, 162 in 1970, and 56 inhabitants in 1995 (30 households).

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Village Pace

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The village on Schubert's map (1826–1840):

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863):

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+ Military topographic map +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village was located in the Imienin volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province. It had 103 revisory souls. In 1905, there were 238 inhabitants.

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The village on the one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map +
Map 3 — One-verst map
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Also on the three-verst map:

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+ Three-verst map +
Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, the village was part of Poland. In 1921, there were 21 households and 101 inhabitants.

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The village on the Polish WIG map:

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+ WIG map +
Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939, part of the Belarus SSR. In 1940, there were 109 households and 214 inhabitants.

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The village on the Red Army map:

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+ RKKA map +
Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Also on the German KDWR map:

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+ KDWR map +
Map 7 — KDWR map
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During World War II, 16 residents were killed, including 12 at the front.

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Since 1954, it has been part of Brest Region. Population: 163 (1959), 159 (1970), 70 (1995).

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Village Perespa

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It is mentioned in written sources as a village in 1663, in the Pinsk district of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It belonged to Jan Karol Dolski.

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At the end of the 18th century, the village was part of the Chomsk county. According to the 1793 inventory, there were 11 households and 64 inhabitants.

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From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire. The village is marked on Schubert's map (1826–1840):

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+ Schubert map +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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It is also marked on the military topographic map (1846–1863):

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+ Military map +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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In 1860, there were 127 registered souls in the village. In 1905, there were 274 inhabitants. During World War I, the village was burned down.

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The village on the one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map +
Map 3 — One-verst map
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And on the three-verst map:

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+ Three-verst map +
Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland. In 1921, the village had 39 households and 221 inhabitants.

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The ethnic composition was predominantly Polish, with Belarusian minority. Religiously, most inhabitants were Orthodox.

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The village on the Polish WIG map:

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+ WIG map +
Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939, part of the Belarus SSR. In 1940, the village had 58 households and 329 inhabitants.

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The village on the Red Army map:

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+ RKKA map +
Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Also on the German KDWR map:

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+ KDWR map +
Map 7 — KDWR map
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During World War II, 14 residents were killed, including 9 at the front.

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Population: 353 (1960), 346 (1970), 131 (1995).

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Village Perkowicze

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+ Date: 2025-08-11    |    + Tags: Perkowicze +
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In the 15th century, Perkowicze belonged to the Turów and later the Wojtkowicz family. This was confirmed by King Sigismund the Old in 1538.

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From the late 15th–16th centuries, the village was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1596, it was purchased by Bishop Kirill Terlecki, who built a fortified manor here.

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Later it belonged to the Orzeszko family and then to the Wyslouch family, who owned it until 1939.

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From 1795, it became part of the Russian Empire. The village is shown on Schubert’s map (1826–1840):

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+ Schubert map +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also on the military topographic map (1846–1863):

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+ Military map +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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The estate later belonged to Felix Wyslouch and was used during the 1863 uprising as an ammunition depot.

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+ The case of the redemption of land plots from Nosarzewski A.A. (1864–1869) +
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+ Case concerning redemption of land plots from Wyslouch A.V. (1864–1865) +
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In 1865, a public school was opened. Antoni Wyslouch later rebuilt the manor and developed a park of about 16 hectares.

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The village on maps:

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+ One-verst map +
Map 3 — One-verst map
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+ Three-verst map +
Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland.

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+ WIG map +
Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939, part of the Belarus SSR. In 1940, there were 47 households and 411 inhabitants.

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+ RKKA map +
Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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+ KDWR map +
Map 7 — KDWR map
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During World War II, 21 residents died.

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Population: 485 (1960), 832 (1970), 633 (1995).

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Manor house:

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+ Manor house +
Manor house
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References and materials used in the post

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Church in Perkowicze

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+ Date: 2024-07-08    |    + Tags: Perkowicze +
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Список христианско-католических поселений 1726 года упоминает Перковичи. Вероятно, в то время там уже была униатская церковь.

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+ Список поселений 1726 +
Христианско-католические поселения, 1726 г.
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Нынешняя каменная церковь была построена около 1770 года Зеноном Вислоухом, подкоморием Брестским, владельцем Перковичей. Строительство было завершено и украшено его сыном Виктором в 1805 году. Изначально построенная в формах классицизма, церковь функционировала как униатская.

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Сохранились также записи о священниках, служивших в Перковичах:

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Останки епископа Терлецкого, ранее покоившиеся в старой деревянной крипте в имении Вислоухов, были перенесены в новую церковь. Зенон Вислоух и Феликс Вислоух с жёнами также были похоронены в крипте в 1805 году.

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Это подтверждается записью 1899 года в описании приходов и церквей Гродненской губернии. Стоит также отметить, что на колокольне висел колокол, отлитый в 1601 году.

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+ Описание церкви 1899 +
Описание церкви, 1899 г.
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Сохранились также униатские метрики с 1770 по 1801 год в РГИА.

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+ Униатские метрики 1770-1801 +
Униатские метрические книги, 1770–1801 гг. (РГИА)
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Также на сайте Marmon есть униатские метрики церкви с 1822 по 1853 год.

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+ Униатские метрики 1822-1853 +
Униатские метрики, 1822–1853 гг. (Marmon)
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После запрета Унии церковь была передана Православной церкви. В 1882 году прихожане пожертвовали 125 рублей. Эти средства были использованы на ремонт церкви, колокольни и ограды.

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В период II Речи Посполитой церковь отмечена на картах 1919-1939 годов.

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+ Карта Польши 1919-1939 +
Польская карта WIG, 1919–1939 гг.
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Церковь оставалась действующей до 1961 года, затем в ней хранили удобрения, которые начали разрушать кирпичные стены храма. Затем церковь была разрушена большевиками, на месте древнего храма остались только стены. Церковь была отремонтирована в 1990 году силами местных прихожан. Обновлённый храм был освящён Высокопреосвященнейшим Константином, архиепископом Брестским и Кобринским, 24 ноября 1990 года.

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Современная церковь, фото 2019 года.

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+ Современная церковь в Перковичах +
Церковь в Перковичах, 2019 г.
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Ссылки и информация, использованные в материале

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Village Pierwomajsk

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+ Date: 2025-08-06    |    + Tags: Pierwomajsk +
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The village is mentioned around 1460 under the name Przyszychwosty, in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1509, its ownership was confirmed by Sigismund I the Old.

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In 1589, it was part of Brest County. Peasants paid taxes and performed duties:

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+ two days of corvée labor per week, a tax of 30 groschen, one day of communal labor per year, one barrel of rye and other duties. +
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In 1720, the settlement was divided into the town of Antopol and the village of Przyszychwosty.

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From 1795, part of the Russian Empire. The village on the military topographic map (1846–1863):

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+ Military map +
Map 1 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village belonged to Count Kazimir Orzarowski. There were 128 souls. In 1905, there were 439 inhabitants.

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The village on the one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map +
Map 2 — One-verst map
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Also on the three-verst map:

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+ Three-verst map +
Map 3 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, part of Poland. In 1921, there were 41 households and 255 inhabitants.

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+ WIG map +
Map 4 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939, part of the Belarus SSR. In 1940, the village had 345 inhabitants and was the center of the village council.

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+ RKKA map +
Map 5 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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+ KDWR map +
Map 6 — KDWR map
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During World War II, 32 residents were killed, and 6 did not return from the front.

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In 1950, there were 56 households and 205 residents. Since 1959, part of Drohiczyn District.

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Near the village (0.8 km) there is a burial site of about 4,000 victims of Nazi crimes.

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References and materials used in the post

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Village Pihanowicze

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+ Date: 2025-08-07    |    + Tags: Pihanowicze +
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It is mentioned in written sources in 1694 in the Brest County of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. From 1791, it was part of the Kobryn County.

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From 1795, it became part of the Russian Empire. The village is shown on Schubert’s map (1826–1840):

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863):

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+ Military map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village was part of the Korsun estate. There were 257 registered souls. In 1905, there were 515 inhabitants.

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The village on the one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map +
Map 3 — One-verst map
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Also on the three-verst map:

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+ Three-verst map +
Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland. In 1921, there were 34 households and 192 inhabitants.

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+ WIG map +
Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939, part of the Belarus SSR. In 1940, there were 107 households and 566 residents.

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+ RKKA map +
Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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+ KDWR map +
Map 7 — KDWR map
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During World War II, 24 residents of the village died fighting against fascism.

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Population: 176 (1960), 415 (1970), 210 (1995).

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References and materials used in the post

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Village Pihasy

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+ Date: 2025-08-07    |    + Tags: Pihasy +
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Pigas is mentioned in 1777, in the Radogoszcz volost, Brest Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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From 1795, it became part of the Russian Empire. The village is shown on Schubert’s map (1826–1840):

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863):

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+ Military map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village had 231 revision souls (state peasants). In 1905, there were 438 inhabitants.

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The village on the one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map +
Map 3 — One-verst map
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Also on the three-verst map:

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+ Three-verst map +
Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland. In 1921, there were 32 households and 130 inhabitants.

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+ WIG map +
Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939, part of the Belarus SSR. In 1939, there were 93 households and 686 inhabitants.

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+ RKKA map +
Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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+ KDWR map +
Map 7 — KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War, 10 residents of the village died at the front.

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Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest region. In 1970 there were 342 residents, in 1995 there were 93 households and 161 residents.

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References and materials used in the post

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Village Podlesie

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+ Date: 2025-08-05    |    + Tags: Podlesie +
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The village is shown on Schubert’s map (1826–1840):

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863):

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+ Military map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village was located in the Antopol volost, Kobryn uyezd, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire. It was the center of a rural community and part of the Antopol estate of Kazimir Arzorowski, with 233 registered souls (state peasants).

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In 1890, it belonged to the estate of Sofia von Brewern. The peasants had 460.5 dessiatines of land, 285 of which were arable. In 1905, the village had 580 inhabitants.

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The village on the one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map +
Map 3 — One-verst map
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Also on the three-verst map:

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+ Three-verst map +
Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Antopol gmina, Kobryn County, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 40 households and 229 inhabitants.

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+ WIG map +
Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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Since 1939, it has been part of the Belarus SSR. The village is also shown on Soviet and German military maps.

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+ RKKA map +
Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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+ KDWR map +
Map 7 — KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War, three residents of the village were killed, all of them at the front.

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Population: 294 (1959), 237 (1970), 131 (1995).

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References and materials used in the post

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Village Popina

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+ Date: 2025-08-06    |    + Tags: Popina +
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Popina is mentioned in 1522 in a deed of gift from Grand Duke Sigismund I the Old of Lithuania. The settlement is also recorded in 1580 documents mentioning the sale of lands and an existing Orthodox church.

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+ 1580 archival record +
Archival record — 1580 mention
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More details about the church can be found in the neighboring section Church in Popina.

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The settlement is also marked on a map from 1665:

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+ Map 1665 +
Map 2 — 1665 historical map
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From 1795 it became part of the Russian Empire. The village is shown on Schubert’s map (1826–1840):

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 3 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863):

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+ Military map 1846-1863 +
Map 4 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village was the center of a rural community with 188 revision souls, a church, and a school. In 1905, there were 386 inhabitants.

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The village on the one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map +
Map 5 — One-verst map
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Also on the three-verst map:

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+ Three-verst map +
Map 6 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland. In 1922, a stone church was built.

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+ WIG map +
Map 7 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939, it became part of the Belarus SSR. The village is also shown on Soviet and German military maps.

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+ RKKA map +
Map 8 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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+ KDWR map +
Map 9 — KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War, 22 residents were killed, and 17 did not return from the front.

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Population: 719 (1960), 235 (1970), 169 (1995).

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References and materials used in the post

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+On Schubert's map from 1826–1840, we can see that “Adamowo” is mentioned in the place of our village. It is quite possible that this estate was sold in the future, and over time, Puchowa absorbed this part of the village of Adamowo. +

+ +Szubert 1826-1840 + +

+Also on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846–1863: +

+ +WTKRI 1846-1863 + +

+The settlement on the one-verst map: +

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+Also on the three-verst map: +

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+The village is mentioned in 1858 as an estate in the Osowiec volost, Kobryn povet, Grodno province. It belonged to Julia Klimoszewska. In 1905, eight people lived on the estate. +

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+It is also worth noting that on the 1/2 map, a clear division between the Adamowo estate and the Puchowa farmstead can be seen at that time. +

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+From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Osowiec gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 3 households and 16 residents. The village on the Polish WIG map: +

+ +WIG + +

+From December 4, 1939, it was part of the BSSR, in the Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. The colony had 0 farms and 84 inhabitants. From October 12, 1940, it was part of the Bielin and Osowiec village councils, Drohiczyn district. +

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+The village on the Red Army map: +

+ +RKKA + +

+Also on the German map kdwr: +

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+Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest Region. In 1960, it had 71 inhabitants, in 1970 - 82 inhabitants, and in 1995 - 15 households and 28 inhabitants. +

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References and materials used in the post:

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+It was first mentioned in the 14th century as a settlement in the Ratno wedge of the Chelm region. In the 16th century, it was part of the Ratno starosty, which belonged to the royal domain of Poland. At that time, the village was inhabited by kmetes (servants of the Ratno castle). In 1546, in the description of the borders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crown of Poland, Radostow in the Ratno district is mentioned as part of the Chelm region, Crown of Poland. At the end of the 16th century, the village belonged to the Orthodox Church. In 1600, it received the status of a settlement. In 1737, the church of Radostow is mentioned. +

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The settlement on the map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1665):

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+From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district of the Slonim province, from 1797 in the Lithuanian province, and from 1801 in the Grodno province. +

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The village on Napoleon's map from 1812:

+ +Napoleon 1812 + +

Also on Schubert's map from 1826–1840:

+ +1826-1840 szubert + +

On the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863):

+ +WTKRI 1846-1863 + +

+In 1862, a wooden Pokrowska Church was built in the village. According to the 1911 census, there were 3 ordinary shops, 1 wine shop, and 1,280 people living in Radostow. In the RGIA archive, F. 803 Op. 5 D. 1891, dated April 28, 1914, there is a mention of our village: +

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+School Council of the Synod. On the granting of a 450-ruble loan to the Pokrowska Church in the village of Radostow, Kowel Uyezd, for the construction of the Radostow parish school for 10 years. +
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The village on the one-verst map:

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Also on the three-verst map:

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+From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Kobryn County, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 203 households and 1,149 inhabitants, 1,128 of whom were Orthodox Christians. In 1930, there were 246 households. +

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The village on the Polish WIG map:

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Also on the German KDWR map:

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+Since 1939, it has been part of the Belarus SSR. Since January 15, 1940, it has been in the Dywin District, Brest Region. Since October 12, 1940, it has been the center of the Radostow Village Council, a village with 360 households and 2,138 inhabitants. There was a forestry office, an elementary school, and a tar factory. +

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The village on the Red Army map:

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+During the Great Patriotic War, in March 1943, partisans defeated the garrison organized by the Nazis in the village. Eighty-one villagers were killed, and 63 did not return from the front. In 1944–1945, a Ukrainian elementary school operated in the village, later replaced by Belarusian instruction. +

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+Since August 8, 1959, it has been in the Drohiczn District, Brest Region. In 1960, the village had 1,644 residents. In 1970, it had 2,174 residents and was the center of the "Krasny Partizan" collective farm. In 1995, it had 549 households and 1,793 residents. +

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References and materials used in the post:

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Church in Radostowo

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+Date: 2024-07-08    |    Tags: Radostowo +
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Unfortunately, there is no mention of the construction of the church in Radostowo, whether it was built before the Union of Brest is also unknown.

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But since the time of the Union in 1569 there are already references to the church in Radostowo as a Uniate church.

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+Taranowicz Piotr, Administrator of the church in the town of Radostowo, Ratna district. KP 22.01.1771.
+Borkowski Alexander, 1756*. Administrator of the church in Radostowo, KP 14.01.1793. +
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+Uniate church records +
Map 1 — Uniate metric books (1790–1797)
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After 1839, all Uniate churches were handed over to the Orthodox. The old church was later destroyed.

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In 1862 an Orthodox church was built in its place.

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+Church 1862 document +
Map 2 — Church construction (1862)
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Rittich's 1864 maps show an Orthodox parish in Radostowo.

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+1864 map +
Map 3 — Rittich map (1864)
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Schubert's maps of 1866–67 also show this Orthodox church.

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+Schubert map +
Map 4 — Schubert map (1866–67)
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There is a list of Orthodox clergy after the Council of Polotsk:

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+Church photo 1916 +
Map 5 — Church photo (1916)
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+Church photo 1916 +
Map 6 — Church photo (1916)
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Interwar period (1919–1939).

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+Interwar map +
Map 7 — Interwar map
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In 1962 the church was closed. Later it was restored and reconsecrated in 1989.

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It is currently a functioning church.

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+Modern church +
Map 8 — Modern photo (2013)
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References and materials used in the post

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Village Raszyn

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+Date: 2025-08-13    |    Tags: Raszyn +
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Written sources mention a church in 1588, 1634, and 1640 (Information from the book Cities and Villages of Belarus).

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From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district of the Slonim province, from 1797 in the Lithuanian province, and from 1801 in the Grodno province. The village on Schubert's map shows two settlements: Raszyn (Rasen) Stary and Nowy, which later merged into one village on the site of Stary Raszyn.

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+Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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+Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village was the center of the rural community in the Ziolowo volost, Kobryn district, as part of the Ziolowo estate of landowner Maria Dolgorukowa. There were 133 registered souls (state peasants). In 1905, there were 343 inhabitants.

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Ziolowo gmina, Kobryn County, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 21 households and 93 inhabitants. In the 1930s, there were 31 households.

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR. From January 15, 1940, it was part of the Antopol District, Brest Region. From October 12, 1940, it was part of the Detkowicze Village Council and had 148 inhabitants.

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+RKKA map +
Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War, 13 residents of the village were killed, 10 of them at the front. Since 1959, it has been part of the Drohizyn District, Brest Region. In 1970, there were 152 residents, and in 1995, there were 35 households and 71 residents.

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Village Rowiny

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+Date: 2025-08-12    |    Tags: Rowiny +
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Written sources mention it in 1776 and 1778 as part of the Drohiczyn County. The village and estate of Rowiny. In 1778, the village had 24 households and 161 inhabitants, and there was a tavern.

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From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district, Slonim, from 1797 in the Lithuanian province, and from 1801 in the Grodno province.

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The village on Napoleon's map of 1812:

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Map 1 — Napoleon map (1812)
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Settlements on Schubert's map from 1826-1840:

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+Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 2 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+WTKRI map 1846-1863 +
Map 3 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the estate of Osip Bugski in Rowiny is mentioned, which had 207 revisor souls (state peasants). The estate of Iosif Kurzaniecki in Rowiny, which owned 460 revisor souls (state peasants) in the Drohiczyn district. The estate of Pawel Jurewicz in Rowiny, which owned 35 revisors' souls in the village of Rowiny.

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In 1890, it was the center of the Rowiny rural community, which owned 478 dessiatines of land, 293 of which were suitable for cultivation. The village of Rowiny had 66 dessiatines of land. In 1905, the village of Rowiny had 455 inhabitants, with additional estates and settlements recorded in the area. There was an elementary school.

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The village on the map:

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Map 4 — One-verst map
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Map 5 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Drohiczyn volost, Drohiczyn district, Polesie province. An underground cell of the Communist Party of Belarus operated in the village.

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The village on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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From December 4, 1939, it was part of the BSSR, in the Drohiczyn County, Pinsk Region. From January 15, 1940, it was part of the Drohiczyn District, and from October 12, 1940, it was part of the Lipniki Village Council.

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Settlement on the Red Army map:

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Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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Also on the military map kdwr:

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Map 8 — KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War, 27 residents of the village were killed, 15 of them at the front. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest Region. Since 1960, it has been part of the Starosielki village council, and since 1965, part of the Drohiczyn village council. In the 1960s, there were 663 residents; in 1970, it was the center of the "Pravda" collective farm with 660 residents; in 1995, there were 199 households and 590 residents.

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Village Rozne

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+Date: 2025-08-13    |    Tags: Rozne +
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Our farms and islands, described below, on the site of which the village of Rozne was established.

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+WTKRI 1846-1863 map +
Map 1 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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On the one-verst map:

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Map 2 — One-verst map
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Map 3 — Three-verst map
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Map 4 — Polish WIG map
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Map 5 — KDWR map
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The village appeared in 1956-58 in connection with the drainage of swamps and the merger of the hamlets of Zawajewie, Kozie, Poliana, Rozne, Towscina, Czeremsz, and others.

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Since 1959, it has been located in the Drohiczyn District, Brest Region, Rodostow Village Council. In 1960, there were 167 residents, and in 1970, there were 290 residents, part of the "Krasny Partizan / Red Partizan" collective farm. In 1995, there were 72 households and 235 residents, and a primary school was in operation.

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Village Salowo

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+Date: 2025-08-18    |    Tags: Salowo +
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It is mentioned in written sources in 1778, in the inventory of the Drohiczyn County. The village had 11 households and 55 inhabitants.

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From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district of Slonim, from 1797 in Lithuania, and from 1801 in the Grodno province.

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The village on Schubert's map from 1826-1840:

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+Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+WTKRI map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village, the center of the rural community in the Drohiczyn volost, part of the estate of Osip Bogurski, had 150 registered souls (state peasants). In 1905, the village had 290 inhabitants and a primary school.

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The village on the one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Drohiczyn gmina, Drohiczyn powiat, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 18 households and 148 inhabitants.

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The village on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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Map 6 — KDWR map
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From December 4, 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR, in the Drohiczyn volost, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 64 households and 449 inhabitants. From January 15, 1940, it was part of the Drohiczyn district, and from October 12, 1940, it was part of the Lipnitsky village council.

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During the Great Patriotic War, nine residents of the village were killed, eight of them at the front. The village had 355 residents. In 1970, the village was part of the Drohiczyn village council and had 352 residents. In 1995, there were 91 households and 221 residents.

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Village Seliszcze

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+ Date: 2025-08-19    |    Tags: Seliszcze +
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+The Russian State Historical Archive has a record about the village of Seliszcze. F. 379 Op. 4 D. 352, dates: May 4, 1814 - June 26, 1814: +

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+Case concerning the allocation of land to peasants in the village of Seliszcze. +
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+This fund contains information about state forests, forestry, and a description of landowners' lands in the Western Region. It is possible that this record refers to our village. However, full confirmation requires archival verification. +

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The village on Schubert's map from 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)
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Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846-1863):

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+ WTKRI map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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+The RGIA archive contains a record of land redemption from M.V. Winter (1865–1872) in the estate of Seliszcze or Zareczka: +

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+Case of the redemption of land plots from M.V. Winter by temporarily obligated peasants in the estate of Seliszcze or Zareczka (Grodno Province), June 7, 1865 - August 22, 1872. +
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Written sources also mention the estate in 1890 in Osowiec volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province.

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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+From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Osowiec gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship. In the 1930s there were 2 households. +

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+Also on the German military map (KDWR): +

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Map 5 — KDWR map
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+From 1939 it became part of the Belarus SSR. The colony had about 40 inhabitants. During WWII, partisan activity was recorded in the area of the Dnieper-Bug Canal. +

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Village Siemionowszczyzna

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+ Date: 2025-08-20    |    Tags: Siemionowszczyzna +
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The village is mentioned in 1778 in the Drohiczyn County, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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+Since 1795 it became part of the Russian Empire, in Kobryn County of the Slonim Province, later the Lithuanian Province, and from 1801 the Grodno Province. +

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The village on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863):

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+ WTKRI map 1846-1863 +
Map 1 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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+In 1858 the village, a suburb of Drohiczyn in Kobryn district, had 127 inhabitants and belonged to the Bronne estate of Bolesław Żuk. In 1905 it had 956 inhabitants. +

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Map 2 — One-verst map
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Map 3 — Three-verst map
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+From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Drohiczyn gmina, Drohiczyn powiat, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 8 households and 153 inhabitants. +

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+ WIG map +
Map 4 — Polish WIG map
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Map 5 — German military map (KDWR)
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+From 1939 it became part of the Belarus SSR. In 1940 it had 64 households and 417 inhabitants. During WWII 10 residents were killed. +

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+Since 1954 it has been part of the Brest region. In 1970 there were 351 residents, and in 1995 there were 128 households and 367 residents. +

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Village Skibicze

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+ Date: 2025-08-26    |    Tags: Skibicze +
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The village is mentioned in documents from 1769 as part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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+From 1795 it became part of the Russian Empire in the Kobryn district of the Slonim province, later the Lithuanian province, and from 1801 the Grodno province. +

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The village on Schubert's map (1832):

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1832)
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Also on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863):

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+ WTKRI map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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+In 1858 the village was the center of a rural community in Drohiczyn volost. It belonged to several estates and landowners, with state peasants recorded in the area. In 1905 there were 18 inhabitants. +

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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+From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Drohiczyn gmina, Drohiczyn powiat, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 15 households and 96 inhabitants. +

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+ WIG map +
Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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+ KDWR map +
Map 6 — German military map (KDWR)
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+From 1939 it became part of the Belarus SSR. In 1940 there were 43 households and 272 inhabitants. During WWII, five residents were killed. +

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+Since 1954 it has been part of the Brest region. In 1970 there were 143 residents, and in 1995 there were 34 households and 63 residents. +

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Village Skrypele

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+ Date: 2025-08-28    |    Tags: Skrypele +
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The settlement has been known since the 16th century as part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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+From 1795 it became part of the Russian Empire in the Kobryn district, later the Lithuanian province, and from 1801 the Grodno province. +

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The village on Schubert's map (1832):

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1832)
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Also on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863):

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+ WTKRI map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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+In 1858 the village in the Imienin volost, Kobryn district, part of the Podrecka community, had 113 registered souls (state peasants), former subjects of the Torokany Monastery. In 1905 there were 227 inhabitants. +

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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+From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Imienin gmina, Drohiczyn powiat, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 78 households and 445 inhabitants, entirely Belarusian Orthodox population. +

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+ WIG map +
Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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Map 6 — German military map (KDWR)
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+From 1939 it became part of the Belarus SSR. In 1940 there were 52 households and 240 inhabitants. During WWII 15 residents were killed. +

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+Since 1954 it has been part of the Brest region. In 1970 there were 163 residents, and in 1995 there were 45 households and 65 residents. +

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Village Sorocnie

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+ Date: 2025-08-28    |    Tags: Sorocnie +
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Sorocnie is mentioned in 1783 as a village in the Pinsk district, Brest province, part of the Bezdziez key, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district of the Slonim province, from 1797 in the Lithuanian province, and from 1801 in the Grodno province.

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The village on Schubert's map of 1832:

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1832)
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Also on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846–1863:

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+ WTKRI map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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In 1858, it was the center of the rural community in the Bezdziez volost, with 235 registered souls (state peasants). In 1905, there were 364 inhabitants.

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The village on the one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Bezdziez gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie province. In 1921, there were 78 households and 445 inhabitants.

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The village on the Polish WIG map:

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+ WIG map +
Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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Also on the German military map kdwr:

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Map 6 — KDWR map
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From 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR, and from October 12, 1940, it was part of the Wawulicze village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 102 households and 558 inhabitants.

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In 1941, there were 83 households and 317 inhabitants.

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The village on the Red Army map:

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Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War in September 1943, the Nazis burned 79 households and killed 142 inhabitants. Ten inhabitants of the village died at the front.

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Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest region. Since 1959, it has been part of the Gutowo village council, with 506 residents. In 1970, there were 437 residents, and in 1995, there were 98 households and 230 residents.

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Village Staromlyny

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+ Date: 2025-08-28    |    Tags: Staromlyny +
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In the 11th–13th centuries, on the site of today's village, about 300 meters from the village, there was an Iron Age settlement that belonged to the Wolyn people. In the 11th century, the settlement of Zditow, belonging to the Turow-Pinsk diocese and, consequently, to the principality, is believed to have been located in the aforementioned territory.

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It has been known in written sources since 1793, in the Chomsk County, Brest Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. There were 8 households and 45 inhabitants.

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From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district of the Slonim province, from 1797 in the Lithuanian province, and from 1801 in the Grodno province.

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The village on Schubert's map of 1832:

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1832)
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+ WTKRI map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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In 1858, in the Chomsk volost, Kobryn district, the village of Staromlyny-1, part of the Zajelenie rural community, belonged to the Chomsk estate of the landowner Puslowski and had 76 inhabitants. Staromlyny-2 in the Goszewo rural community belonged to the Strygynski estate and had 36 inhabitants.

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There are two records mentioning our village in the RGIA archive:

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+Third (Appeals) Department of the Senate. Puslowski with the peasants of the village of Staromlyny on land and losses. +
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+Second (peasant) department of the Senate. On the inclusion in the owned record of the peasants of the village of Staromlyny F. Choruzy, M. icewicz and other land plots in the tracts of Okol, Sosnowka and others. Grodno province, Kobryn district. +
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In 1905, 194 people lived in Staromlyny-1, and 81 people lived in Staromlyny-2.

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The village on the one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Chomsk gmina, Drohiczyn County, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 20 households and 149 inhabitants.

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The village on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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Also on the German military map kdwr:

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Map 6 — KDWR map
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From 1939, it was part of the BSSR, in the Chomsk volost, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were two villages, Staromlyny-1 and Staromlyny-2, with 70 households and 323 inhabitants.

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From January 5, 1940, it was part of the Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From October 12, 1940, it was part of the Chomsk village council, and there was a primary school.

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The village on the Red Army map:

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+ RKKA map +
Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War, 12 residents of the village died on the front lines and in the partisan struggle.

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Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest Region. In 1959, there were 137 residents in the village of Staromlyny-1 and 130 residents in Staromlyny-2. In 1970, there were 207 residents in Staromlyny.

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In 1995, there were 44 households and 95 residents. Until 2004, it was part of the Kirov collective farm.

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Village Suboty

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+ Date: 2025-09-22    |    Tags: Suboty +
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The village has been known from written sources since the 16th century under two names: 2nd Torokany, Mala Torokan, Czykin in the Troki Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It has been known under the name Suboty since the last quarter of the 18th century.

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Since 1795, it has been part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district of the Slonim province, since 1797 in the Lithuanian province, and since 1801 in the Grodno province.

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In 1793–1797, a brick church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary was built in the center of the village.

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The village on Schubert's map of 1832:

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1832)
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The village is also shown on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846–1863:

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+ WTKRI map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village in the Imienin volost, Kobryn district, part of the Brodek rural community, had 161 registered souls (state peasants), former subjects of the Torokansky Monastery.

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In 1886, there were 15 households and 173 inhabitants, a church, and a school. In 1905, there were 302 inhabitants.

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The village on the one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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+ Three-verst map +
Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 18 households and 105 inhabitants.

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The village on the German military map kdwr:

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+ KDWR map +
Map 5 — KDWR map
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Also on the Polish map WIG:

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+ WIG map +
Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR, in the Imienin volost, Drohiczyn district, with 52 households and 300 inhabitants, and a primary school.

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From October 12, 1940, it was in the Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region.

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The village on the Red Army map:

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+ RKKA map +
Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War, 17 residents of the village died, 14 of them at the front.

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In 1949, the Micziryn collective farm was established, chaired by M.T. Kisiel.

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Since 1954, it has been located in the Brest region. In 1959, the village was part of the Braszewicze village council and had 292 residents. In 1970, there were 268 residents, and in 1995, there were 68 households and 153 residents.

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Village Sukacze

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+ Date: 2025-09-23    |    Tags: Sukacze +
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+Written sources mention the village since the 16th century as a village in the Brest County of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Since 1793, it has been part of the Chomsk County. +

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+Since 1795, it has been part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn County, Slonim County, since 1797 in the Lithuanian County, and since 1801 in the Grodno Province. +

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The village on Schubert's map of 1832:

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1832)
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Also on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+ WTKRI 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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+In 1858, the village, the center of the rural community in the Zolowo volost, Kobryn district, part of the Ziolowo estate of landowner Tutkiewicz, had 145 registered souls (state peasants). In 1890, the community owned 652 dessiatines of land. In 1905, the village had 374 inhabitants. +

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The village on a one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map +
Map 3 — One-verst map
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+ Three-verst map +
Map 4 — Three-verst map
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+From 1921 to 1939, the village was part of Poland, located in the Zilolowo gmina, Kobryn County, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 34 households and 162 inhabitants. +

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The village on the German military map kdwr:

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+ KDWR map +
Map 5 — KDWR map
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Also on the Polish map WIG:

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+ WIG map +
Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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+From December 4, 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR, in the Kobryn district. From January 15, 1940, it was in the Antopol district, Brest region, and from October 12, 1940, in the Derewna village council, with a population of 391. +

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The village on the Red Army map:

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+ RKKA map +
Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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+During the Great Patriotic War, 21 residents of the village were killed and 20 did not return from the front. In 1948, the "Serp i Molot" collective farm was established. Since 1954, it has been part of the Imienin village council of the Antopol district, and since 1959, part of the Drohiczyn district. In 1960, there were 315 residents, in 1970 - 273 residents, and in 1995 - 82 households and 160 residents. +

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Village Suliczewo

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+ Date: 2025-09-23    |    Tags: Suliczewo +
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+It is mentioned in written sources in 1546, in the description of the border between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish Crown. The village in the Kobryn district, Brest province, belonged to Pawel Bjutiwski, as part of the Borodycze volost. An inventory from 1558 records that the owners of houses in Suliczewo paid a tax of 18 Lithuanian groschen. From 1565, it was part of the Pinsk County, Brest Voivodeship. +

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+From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn County of the Slonim Province, from 1797 in the Lithuanian Province, and from 1801 in the Grodno Province. +

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The village on Schubert's map of 1832:

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1832)
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Also on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+ WTKRI 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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+In 1858, the village was part of the Zakoziel estate, which belonged to Kalikst Orzeszko, and was the center of the rural community in the Wolowiel volost, Kobryn district, with a population of 405 revisors (state peasants). In 1886, the village had 45 households and 581 inhabitants, a school, a church, and a drinking establishment. In 1890, the community owned 928 dessiatines of land, of which 397 were suitable for cultivation. In 1905, the village of Suliczewo had 876 inhabitants and a primary school. The hamlet of Sulichevo had 109 inhabitants. +

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The village on the one-verst map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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+ Three-verst map +
Map 4 — Three-verst map
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+From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Wolowiel gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie province. In 1921, the village had 124 households and 785 inhabitants, 771 of whom were Orthodox Christians. +

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The village on the German kdwr map:

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+ KDWR map +
Map 5 — KDWR map
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Also on the Polish map WIG:

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+ WIG map +
Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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+From December 4, 1939, as part of the Belarus SSR, in the Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, the village had 210 households and 1,065 inhabitants. From January 15, 1940, it was part of the Karolin village council. In 1941, there were 278 households and 989 inhabitants. +

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The village on the Red Army map:

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+ RKKA map +
Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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+During the Great Patriotic War in May 1944, the Nazis burned 75 households and killed 103 residents. Forty-six residents of the village died at the front. In 1949, the Pobeda collective farm was established, chaired by I. Golub. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest region. In 1960, the Popina village council had 961 residents. In 1970, there were 1,067 residents, and in 1995, there were 249 households and 538 residents. +

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Village Sutki

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+ Date: 2025-09-24    |    Tags: Sutki +
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+The village has been known from written sources since the 18th century. It was mentioned in 1778 as part of the Drohiczyn County, with 9 households and 50 inhabitants, and a working tavern. +

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+From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 in the Lithuanian district, and from 1801 in the Grodno province. +

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The village on Schubert's map of 1832:

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1832)
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Also on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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+ WTKRI 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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+In 1858, the village in the Drohiczyn volost, part of the Salowe rural community, had 75 revisor souls (state peasants) and belonged to the Ostrowki estate of the landowner Osip Bogurski. In 1905, the village had 171 inhabitants. +

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The village on the one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map +
Map 3 — One-verst map
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Also on the three-verst map:

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+ Three-verst map +
Map 4 — Three-verst map
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+From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Drohiczyn gmina, Drohiczyn powiat, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 13 households and 89 inhabitants. +

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The village on the German military map kdwr:

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+ KDWR map +
Map 5 — KDWR map
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Also on the Polish map WIG:

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+ WIG map +
Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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+From 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR, with 38 households and 281 inhabitants. From October 12, 1940, it was part of the Sochowki village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. +

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The village on the Red Army map:

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+ RKKA map +
Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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+During the Great Patriotic War, 15 residents died, 8 of them at the front. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest Region. In 1959, the village was part of the Lipniki Village Council, with 167 residents. In 1970, it was part of the Drohiczyn Village Council, with 274 residents. In 1995, there were 74 households and 185 residents. +

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Village Swaryn

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+ Date: 2025-08-19    |    + Tags: Swaryn +
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+ Swaryn is mentioned in the 16th century as Swaryczewicze in the Pinsk district of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. + In 1531 it is recorded in a deed of gift to Queen Bona. +

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Schubert map (1826–1840)
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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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+ In 1884 a cemetery chapel was built. Late 19th century sources mention about 86 houses and 443 inhabitants. +

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+ Archival records mention land disputes and estate documentation connected with the village. +

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+ One-verst map +
One-verst map
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+ Three-verst map +
Three-verst map
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+ WIG map +
Polish WIG map (1921–1939)
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+ KDWR map +
German KDWR map
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+ RKKA map +
Red Army (RKKA) map
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+ During the Second World War the village was affected by occupation, partisan activity and destruction. + After the war it was rebuilt and continued development in the Soviet period. +

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Village Swieklicze

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+ Date: 2025-08-19    |    + Tags: Swieklicze +
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+ The village is mentioned in written sources in 1766. From 1795 it became part of the Russian Empire. +

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Schubert map (1826–1840)
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+ Military map 1846-1863 +
Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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+ In 1858 the village was part of the Antopol volost and had 123 revision souls (state peasants). Archival disputes about land division are recorded in RGIA documents. +

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+ One-verst map +
One-verst map
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+ Three-verst map +
Three-verst map
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+ WIG map +
Polish WIG map
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+ KDWR map +
KDWR map
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+ RKKA map +
Red Army (RKKA) map
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+ During WWII the village suffered losses; several residents were killed or did not return from the front. +

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Village Symonowicze

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+ Date: 2025-08-20    |    + Tags: Symonowicze +
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The settlement has been known in written sources since the 15th century as part of the Zditow volost in the Kobryn principality of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1452, Grand Duke Kazimir Jagailowicz transferred part of the volost to Prince Yuri Siemenowicz.

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1832)
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+ Military topographic map 1846-1864 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1864)
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In 1858, the village was divided into Symonowicze 1 and Symonowicze 2, belonging to different rural communities. By the late 19th century, the settlement had grown significantly and included schools and administrative structures.

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+ One-verst map +
Map 3 — One-verst map
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+ Three-verst map +
Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Braszewicze gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship. The village had a mixed population and developed local infrastructure.

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+ WIG map +
Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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+ KDWR map +
Map 6 — German KDWR map
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From 1939, the village became part of the Belarus SSR. During World War II, it suffered heavy destruction, and many residents were killed or did not return from the front.

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+ RKKA map +
Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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After the war, the village was rebuilt and later became part of the Brest region. Population changed significantly throughout the Soviet period and after 1991.

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Village Syreniewka

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+ Date: 2025-08-26    |    + Tags: Syreniewka +
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The village was established in 1960 during the liquidation of farmsteads and small settlements. The first settlers came from the Rowiny colony, which in 1959 was part of the Starosielsk village council.

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+ Google Maps 2025 +
Map 1 — Google Maps (2025)
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The settlement developed during the Soviet period, and by 1970 it had 183 residents. By 1995, it had grown to 86 households and 251 residents.

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Brest decyzja, Szereszow deanery

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+ Date: 2024-07-04    |    + Tags: Bezdziez, Braszewicze, Horodec, Dywin, Janow, Iwanowo +
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From the information I have at the moment, I decided to build a map of the parishes of Dywin, Horodec, Janow (Iwanowo), Braszewicze and Bezdziez for 1721.

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+ General map 1721 +
Map 1 — General parish map (1721)
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Below are individual parishes and their settlements.

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Dywin

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+ Dywin parish map +
Map 2 — Dywin parish
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Horodec

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+ Horodec parish map +
Map 3 — Horodec parish
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Braszewicze

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+ Braszewicze parish map +
Map 4 — Braszewicze parish
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Bezdziez

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+ Bezdziez parish map +
Map 5 — Bezdziez parish
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Janow (Iwanowo)

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+ Janow parish map +
Map 6 — Janow parish
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Interactive map:

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+ + Open Google Maps project + +

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Village Tatarja

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+ Date: 2025-09-24    |    + Tags: Tatarja +
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The village appears on Schubert’s 1832 map under the name Tatarow. The name is likely connected to historical Tatar settlement in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, though this remains a hypothesis.

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Map 1 — Schubert map (1832)
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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village was part of the Ziolow volost in Grodno province and had 186 revision souls. It was the center of a rural community belonging to the Ziolow estate of landowner Tutkiewicz.

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+ One-verst map +
Map 3 — One-verst map
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+ Three-verst map +
Map 4 — Three-verst map
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During the interwar period (1921–1939), the village was part of Poland in the Ziolow gmina, Drohiczyn County, Polesie Voivodeship.

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+ KDWR map +
Map 5 — German KDWR map
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+ WIG map +
Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939, the village became part of the Belarus SSR. During World War II, several residents were killed, and others did not return from the front.

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+ RKKA map +
Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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After the war, the settlement remained within the Brest region, with population changes recorded throughout the Soviet period and after 1991.

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Village Tatarnowicze

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+ Date: 2025-09-24    |    + Tags: Tatarnowicze +
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The village is mentioned in written sources in 1546, in the description of the borders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish Crown, as a village in the Kobryn district, Brest province, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, belonging to the nobility. From 1791, it was part of the Kobryn district, Brest province.

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Since 1795, it has been part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn County of Slonim, since 1797 in Lithuania, and since 1801 in the Grodno Province.

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Schubert map of 1832
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+ WTKRI map 1846-1863 +
Military topographic map (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village was in the Antopol gmina, Kobryn district, the center of the rural community, with a population of 158 revisors (state peasants). In the RGIA archive, F. 1341 Op. 114 D. 1013, there is a mention of our village, dated May 27, 1865:

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+ First Department of the Senate. On the complaint of landowner Feliks Wyslouch to the Grodno Chamber of State Property for removing him from the lease of the Tatarnowicze farm. +
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In 1890, the village was part of the Opipowicze rural community in the Antopol parish. In 1905, it had 353 inhabitants.

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One-verst map
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Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Antopol gmina, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 29 households and 188 inhabitants, and in the 1930s, there were already 73 households.

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+ WIG map +
Polish WIG map
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+ KDWR map +
German military map (KDWR)
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Since 1923, it has been part of the Belarus SSR. In 1940-59, it was located in the Antopol District, Brest Region. In 1940, the village was part of the Osipowicze Village Council and had a population of 322.

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+ RKKA map +
Red Army map
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During the Great Patriotic War, four residents died and did not return from the front. Since 1959, it has been part of the Drohiczyn District, Pierwomajsk Village Council, with a population of 178. In 1970, there were 269 residents in the Antopol village council, and in 1995, there were 72 households and 110 residents.

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Village Tolkowo

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+ Date: 2025-10-08    |    + Tags: Tolkowo +
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Tolkovo was mentioned in 1636 as a manor house within the Braszewicze estate. It belonged to the Wilno Catholic Chapter since 1559, when the estate was donated to the chapter by Bishop Walerian Protasiewicz. In 1636, the manor house consisted of 49 houses. This document also describes a complaint against Tolkowo peasants in 1639. The Lithuanian archives also contain a document regarding the sale of the Tolkowo estate in 1636. I also published this document in the adjacent article.

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From 1795 it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district of Slonim, from 1797 it was part of Lithuania, and from 1801 it was part of the Grodno province. The village appears on Schubert's 1832 map:

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Schubert map, 1832
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Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire from 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863
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In the RGIA archive, F. 384, Op. 3 D. 1384, with dates ranging from January 22, 1846 to June 12, 1848, mentions our village:

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+ Regarding the exchange of lands from the state-owned Tolkovo estate for the lands of the landowner Jegmin of the Grodno Governorate. +
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The Russian State Historical Archive also contains a document on the lustration of the Tolkowo estate, F. 384, Op. 5 D. 352, with dates ranging from November 16, 1851 to June 18, 1854:

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+ Regarding the lustration of the Tolkowo estate in the Grodno Governorate. +
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The Lithuanian archives contain a mention and description of the estate of Pani Tolkowa, described in the adjacent article. In 1858, the village, the center of a rural community in the Antopol volost of the Kobryn district, had 445 inspectorate souls (state peasants). In 1886, the village had 48 households and 669 residents. In 1890, the community owned 1,075 dessiatines of land, of which 526 were for food. In 1905, the village had 1,005 residents and a church and parish school. The Tolkovo estate had 11 residents. The village on a one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map of Tolkowo +
One-verst map
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+ Three-verst map of Tolkowo +
Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Antopol gmina, Kobryn district, Polesie voivodeship. In 1921, there were 33 households and 230 residents. By 1930, there were 140 households. Poles constituted 73.9% of the population during this period, while Ruthenians made up 26.1%. Orthodox Christians predominated (100%). It is worth noting that by the late 1940s, the village had a large Protestant community, as described in the adjacent article. The village on the German military map kdwr:

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+ German military map kdwr +
German military map (kdwr)
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Also on the Polish map WIG:

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Polish WIG map
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From December 4, 1939, part of the Belarus SSR, in the Kobryn district, Brest region. As of January 15, 1940, in the Antopol District, and as of October 12, 1940, in the Pierwomajsk Village Council, there were 727 residents. The village on the Red Army map:

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Red Army (RKKA) map
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Twenty-seven village residents died during the Great Patriotic War, and 24 did not return from the front. Since 1959, in the Drogichinsky District, and since 1960, in the Antopol Village Council. In 1960, there were 489 residents, in 1970, 527 residents, and in 1995, there were 121 households and 233 residents.

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Tolkowo Manor

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In the Lithuanian archive there is a plan of the Tolkowa estate for September 18, 1839.

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As we can see the manor is called on the plan “Tolkowa Manor”. And the very name “Tolkowo” as a village is formed from 3 villages: Kagaly, Kazany and Yackiwcy.

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Plan of the Tolkowa Manor, September 18, 1839 (Lithuanian archive)
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Link to the material in the Lithuanian archive

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Tolkovo Cemeteries

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At present, the Tolkovo cemetery is divided into two parts. The first is the new cemetery, where burials are still taking place today, and the second is the old cemetery, which has become overgrown with forest. There is currently no information about preserved old monuments or gravestones in the old section.

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According to a resident of the village of Tolkovo, Vera Grinevich, people were still being buried in the old cemetery during the Polish period, but very rarely. Later, it became too small, and the cemetery was expanded. According to her memory, even during the Polish period, burials already took place at the very beginning of the cemetery, which indicates that this section was created after 1905, when the Orthodox church was built in Tolkovo.

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Old cemetery in Tolkovo
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Both Orthodox Christians and Protestants (Baptists) were buried in the Tolkovo cemetery.

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RKKA map — cemetery location
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However, on maps from 1866, it can be seen that no cemetery existed at this location. The third and oldest cemetery was located further up, near the village of Virowy.

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Map from 1866
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This suggests that the cemetery between Tolkovo and the Tolkovo folwark (which existed until 1945–47) appeared after 1905.

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On Polish WIG maps, roads and paths are still visible, but the cemetery is no longer marked before World War II.

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Polish WIG map
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Modern map showing the approximate location of the cemetery.

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Modern map
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View from the side of the newly built M10 road.

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View from M10 road
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Церковь в Толково

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Построена церковь была в 1905 году силами прихожан на земле, подаренной местному жителю Рыжуку Луке за 25-летнюю безупречную службу Отечеству.

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Во времена II Rzeczpospolita церковь была действующая, что подтверждают карты 1919-1938 гг.

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Polish WIG maps (карта 1919–1938 годов)
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В 1962 году решением Дрогичинского райисполкома церковь была закрыта. Позднее она была переоборудована и занижена почти на два метра и 9 апреля 1964 года передана колхозу «1 Мая» под культурные мероприятия. Так до 1990 года здание служило домом культуры деревни Толково.

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Возобновились службы в храме 21 июля 1991 года в день празднования Казанской иконы Божией Матери. В церковный приход входят следующие деревни: Толково, Корсунь, Пигановичи и Виры.

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Храм является историко-культурной ценностью.

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Фото: Валерий НИКИФОРОВ, 18 августа 2016 года
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Torokansky Monastery, description from 1863

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In the book "Materials for the Geography and Statistics of Russia, collected by officers of the General Staff", Grodno Governorate, 1863, there is a mention and description of the Torokany Monastery.

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Near the town of Antopol, 39 versts from the city of Kobryn, on flat and treeless terrain stands the Torokany Epiphany Orthodox Monastery, built at the beginning of the previous century. The northern wing adjoining the front pavilion was constructed by the local ktitor (church warden) Agafia Piasoczynska, wife of the Wolyn castellan, while the remaining wings were built in 1757 by the monastery authorities. The church dedicated to the Epiphany of the Lord (up to 100 square sazhens), single-altar with two towers on the front façade and fresco-painted sacred images, was erected in 1780 at the expense of the Pinsk and Turow Uniate bishop Gedeon Daszkiewicz. In the bell tower located in the left tower there are 3 bells.

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Until 1839 the monastery belonged to the Uniates and was maintained from the income of the estates Torokany, Czikina, and Losince, which (as of 1841) comprised 250 households, 1,911 souls, and up to 275 voloks of land (5,376.25 dessiatinas). In 1839 the Torokany Monastery was reunited with Orthodoxy, and by the Highest decree of 25 December 1841 it was assigned to the 3rd class (effective 1 January 1842). The staff provided for an abbot and 12 brethren; for the monastery’s maintenance (salaries, heating, lighting, repairs, etc.) 1,540 rubles were allocated, plus an additional annual fund annuity of 16 rubles 20 kopecks.

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By the same decree, the estates belonging to the monastery — Torokany, Czikin, and Losince — were transferred on 14 March 1842 to the administration of state properties. At the same time the monastery was granted 100 dessiatinas of land: 9 dessiatinas 196 sazhens of manor land, 54 dessiatinas 2,016 sazhens of arable land, 29 dessiatinas 456 sazhens of hay meadow, and 6 dessiatinas 360 sazhens of inconvenient land.

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In 1858 the monastery received, in addition to the above land, another 103.86 dessiatinas of forest in the Budy Liachonicze tract, of which 14.30 dessiatinas are inconvenient swamp.

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The monastery land is cultivated by the staff servants and hired labourers. For the tillage and harvesting of the arable land (calculating per dessiatina: 9 workers with plough, 5 with harrow, 8 reapers, and 2 workers with horses for carting), 750 horse/ox workers and 360 foot workers are required. For mowing and harvesting hay (per dessiatina: 3 mowers, 2 rakers, and 2 carts) another 150 foot and 60 horse workers are needed — in total up to 800 workers with horses and up to 500 on foot.

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With a sixfold harvest the monastery obtains 100 quarters of winter grain, 100 quarters of spring grain, 40 quarters of potatoes, and up to 4,500 poods of hay. Capitalising this income at an average price of 3 rubles yields 1,200 rubles from the land. The monastery keeps about 60 head of livestock, including 4 horses and 33 head of cattle. The livestock can yield up to 200 rubles per year (calculating 8 rubles per pood of butter). In round figures the monastery’s economy brings in up to 1,500 rubles annually; together with state support the total income exceeds 3,000 rubles silver.

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Deducting repair costs (10 %) — 155 rubles — and the seed portion (one-sixth) — 200 rubles — leaves approximately 2,000 rubles for the brethren. With this sum the monastery maintains 4 monks, up to 4 priests attached to the monastery (sent by the diocesan authorities), 2 novices, and 9 monastery servants. Thus the maintenance of each brother costs 160 rubles silver.

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The church in Imienin (Torokany) and the Basilian Order

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The Basilian monastery has been mentioned in Torokany since the 16th century.

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It is mentioned in 2 books:

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Torokany has long belonged to the Orthodox monastery of St. Nicholas Zidiczyn. But after the Union of Brest, the whole complex was handed over to the Uniates. In 1656 in Torokany was held a congregation of the Basilian order, and already in 1599 Torokany were given to the Roman nobleman Peter Arcudiu, where then in 1710 was built a new church instead of the old one. And in 1712 the stone buildings of the monastery were built by Agafia Piaszczynska, a Wolyn kasztelianka. This construction and renovation of the monastery was approved by Lev Kiszka with the approval of the Byten Congregation.

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In Torokany lived protoarchimandrites who came from the Province of the Holy Trinity: Polykarp Migunewizc (1743-1747), Irakli Lysanski (1751-1759), Porfiry Skarbek-Wazynski (1772-1780 and 1788-1790) and the penultimate protoarchimandrite Athanasius Falkowski (1793-1802).

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The list of Christian Catholic settlements of 1726 mentions Torokany (Torokanie).

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Christian Catholic settlements, 1726
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At the moment it is not known what happened to the old church. In 1780, a church was built in Torokany by Bishop Gedeon Dashkewicz-Gobacki of Pinsk, a stone church. From the beginning of the XVIII century there was the residence of the proto-archimandrite - the head of the order, at the monastery there was a large library with unique folios. Around the monastery there were gardens, orchards, apiaries and a park belonging to it.

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Also in RGIA there are preserved metric books for this church from 1797 to 1801.

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RGIA metric books, 1797–1801
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From July 21 to September 13, 1780 in the Torokany monastery took place an important in the history of the Basilian Chin general chapter, at which the Order was divided into four provinces: the Belarusian province of St. Nicholas, the Russian province of the Protection of the Mother of God, the Galician province of the Holy Savior and the Lithuanian province of the Holy Trinity. Also in the monastery in 1784 was held the chapter of the Lithuanian province, and in 1802 - the last general chapter of the Basilian Order in the Russian Empire.

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On the Marmon site there are Uniate metrics for 1823-1842.

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Uniate metrics, 1823–1842
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There is also a list of the Uniate clergy of the church:

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The abbots of the monastery at different periods were:

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After 1839 the church was handed over to the Orthodox together with the whole complex of the monastery. It was served by 25 monks. In 1842 the monastery was ranked in the 3rd class. In 1874 it was abolished, and its buildings and estate were transferred to the Grodno Boris and Gleb Monastery. The monetary sums were transferred to the nunneries of Wilno and Grodno. In 1897 the church in Torokany became a regular parish church.

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On Rittich's maps for 1864, the church in Torokany is marked on the map

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Rittich map, 1864
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Also in 1866, Schubert's maps show the church and the then former Basilian monastery.

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Schubert map, 1866
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In the book "Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1", there is information about the church and monastery in Torokany for 1899 from the time of its mention.

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Descriptions of churches and parishes, 1899
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Starting from the time of II Rzeczypospolitej 1918 - 1938. On the territory of eastern Poland (now Brest and Grodno regions, Belarus) Uniatism (so-called Neounia) was returned, so almost all Orthodox churches were marked on Polish maps as churches. But we will talk about this in the next article.

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The church in Torokany was active and was considered to be a Uniate church. There are preserved metrics in the Grodno archive.

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Grodno archive metrics, 1923–1930
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The church was also marked on Polish maps.

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Polish WIG map, 1919–1939
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Many photos of the church and monastery of that time, still in operation, have also survived.

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Torokany church, 1901–1938
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Torokany church, 1919–1938
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Torokany church, 1938
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Torokany church, 1938
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Torokany church, 1939
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Torokany church, 1944–1949
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Torokany agriculture school
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The Torokans were visited by the Catholic Nuncio, which was captured in the photo below.

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Catholic Nuncio visiting Torokany
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And here in the photo are the Uniate youth with their mentor.

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Uniate youth with their mentor
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After the arrival of the communist authorities, the monastery and church fell into disrepair and were subsequently destroyed:

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The memorial of the church was destroyed by a fire in 1943, and by a massacre during the partisan activities. The building was burned down, and the people of Murov were killed. "The old church building is not suitable for prayer purposes due to its technical condition, the believers do not undertake repairs, the priest has been absent for more than nine months, and the service is not held" [DABV F.1482, vop.2, pl. 6, ark. 32]. In 1948 the building was given to the Zdanow Kalgas (collective farm) for further expansion into an agricultural club, and in the 1950s the cantonments were razed.

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The modern parish church was built in 2004. With the blessing of Archbishop of Brest and Kobrin Konstantin (Khomich), the place for the construction of the church was consecrated by Archpriest Piotr Pinchuk of Drohichy district on June 9, 1998.

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Modern parish church, 2020
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There are also remnants of the old monastery, which are now used by the local collective farm.

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Remains of the old monastery
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Old monastery remnants
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Monastery ruins used by local collective farm
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Also Alexander Pinszuk made a virtual restoration of the church, if it had been preserved, could look like this:

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Virtual restoration of the church
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Village Tyniewicze

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In written sources, the village is mentioned in 1558 as part of Torokany-Tynowskie in the Pinsk district, Brest province, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1783, as part of the Braszewicze volost, some of the village residents were boyars.

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From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district of Slonim, from 1797 in the Lithuanian province, and from 1801 in the Grodno province. The village on Schubert's map of 1832:

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Schubert map, 1832
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Also on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863
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In 1858, the village was part of the Imienin volost of the Kobryn district and had 170 revisor souls (state peasants), former church peasants. In 1890, the peasants of the village had 458 dessiatines of land, 224 of which were suitable for cultivation. In 1905, there were 348 inhabitants. The village on the one-verst map:

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One-verst map
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Also on the three-verst map:

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Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Imienin gmina, Drohiczyn powiat, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, the village had 3 households and 22 inhabitants. In terms of the ethnic composition of the population at that time, Polesie people made up 100%. Orthodox Christians predominated in the religious composition of the population (100%). The village on the German military map kdwr:

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German military map (kdwr)
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Also on the Polish map WIG:

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Polish WIG map
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From December 4, 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR, in the Drohiczyn district, and from October 12, 1940, in the Niemierza village council. In 1941, there were 59 households and 321 inhabitants. The village on the Red Army map:

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During the Great Patriotic War in June 1944, the Nazis burned down 55 houses and killed eight residents. Twelve residents of the village did not return from the front. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest region. In 1960, there were 222 residents, in 1970 - 208 residents, in 1995 - 65 households and 133 residents.

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Church in Wawulicze

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At the moment there is no exact information whether the church was built during the Uniate period or as an Orthodox church. The first official mention of the church in Wawulicze can be dated back to 1631. At that time, a Uniate priest who served in Wawulicze is mentioned.

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In the list of Christian Catholic settlements of 1726, Wawulicze (Wawuliga) is mentioned. Parish of Bezdzeż — this confirms that at that time there was already a functioning church there.

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Christian Catholic settlements, 1726
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Also, the RGIA archive contains preserved Uniate church records from 1735 to 1798.

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RGIA Uniate church records, 1735–1798
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The current church was built in 1737 of wood as a Uniate church, which is confirmed by the Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar of 1899. Unfortunately, there is no information about what happened to the old church and whether a new one was built in its place.

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Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar, 1899
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It is also mentioned that the church was rebuilt according to one source sometime after 1845:

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Mention of rebuilding after 1845
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According to others in 1875: In 1878 it was thoroughly repaired and acquired its present form: rectangular in shape with a pentagonal altar apse, gable roof and onion dome. Near the church there is a two-story wooden building, which combines a boiler house, a bell tower and a parish library.

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On Schubert's maps of 1866-1887, the church is shown on the maps.

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Schubert map, 1866–1867
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There is also a parish in Wawulicze on the 1864 population map of the Russian Empire.

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Population map of the Russian Empire, 1864
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In 1885 a ministerial public school was opened at the church, where peasant children of both sexes were educated. In 1911 the peasants who returned from America donated 435 rubles to the church for the painting of the altar and iconostasis, which was done by the artist M. Birev.

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During the II Rzeczpospolita the church was active; it was also marked on Polish maps of 1919–1938.

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Polish WIG map, 1919–1938
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On the church grounds is the grave of priest Nikolai Balicki (1874-1946), who participated in World War I as a priest of a military hospital. Other priests who served in the Wawulicze church for a long time include Joseph Michalewicz (1845-1888), John Szemetilo (1890-1901), Martin Skopiec (1950-1989) and Michael Sazanowicz (1990-2005).

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The church is currently active and in good condition.

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Photo 2016
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Village Wielki Las

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Wielki Las (Great Forest) is mentioned in 1546, in the description of the southern borders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the Crown of Poland, the tract of the Great Forest on the farmland of Belin village, Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship. The Great Forest is shown on the map of 1665, where we can see that it extends to the borders of today's Grodno region, Belarus.

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Wielki Las tract on the 1665 map
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On the map of 1740, the tract is also present, but a little smaller.

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Polish map, 1740
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On the military topographic map of 1846-1863, the tract is also marked on the map:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863
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The tract was also marked on the three-verst map, but in a slightly smaller size:

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Three-verst map
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But on the one-verst map the settlement Liachowicze-2 was already marked:

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One-verst map (Liachowicze-2)
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In 1905 there was already a folwark and a tract, with 12 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland. In 1930 the settlement was called Liachowicze-2. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period, Belarusians made up 85.6%, Poles – 14.4%. The confessional composition of the population was dominated by Orthodox Christians (87.2%) and Catholics (12.8%). The village was marked on the WIG map:

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Polish WIG map
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From 1939 in the BSSR, a colony in Osowiec volost, Drochiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 93 households, 495 inhabitants. Since 12 October 1940 in Popina village council, Drohiczyn district. In 1940 the village had 58 households, 291 inhabitants; there was a working elementary school. During the Great Patriotic War, in May 1944, the village was burned by Nazi invaders, and 30 inhabitants were killed. In fights with the enemy, 16 inhabitants of the village and Soviet partisans were killed. The village on the Red Army map:

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Since 1954, as part of Brest region. In 1959 the village had 223 inhabitants, in 1970 – 249 inhabitants, in 1995 – 73 households, 189 inhabitants, elementary school.

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Village of Wiry

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The village of Wiry was mentioned in 1762 as a tract on the land of the Torokan monastery. From 1795 it became part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district of Slonim, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village is marked on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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Schubert map, 1826–1840
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In 1858, the village was part of the Ulicka rural municipality, Imienin parish, Kobryn district, there were 100 revision souls (state villagers). In 1905 the village had 215 inhabitants. The village was marked on the one-verst map:

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One-verst map
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and on the 1866 military topographic map of the Russian Empire:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1866
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From 1921 to 1939 the village was a part of Poland, Imienin Commune, Drohiczyn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period Belarusians made 97.4%, Jews – 2%, Germans – 0.6%. The confessional composition of the population was dominated by Orthodox Christians 97.4%, Jews 2% and Catholics 0.6%. In 1926, the villagers wrote to the Polish Ministry of Education to open a Ukrainian school. The village is also marked on the WIG map:

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+ Polish WIG map of Wiry +
Polish WIG map
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In 1939 the village became part of the BSSR and at that time it had 43 yards, 238 inhabitants and a school. It was also marked on the RKKA (Red Army) map:

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Red Army (RKKA) map
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From 12 October 1940 it was a part of Perwomajsk village council, Antopol district. During the Great Patriotic War, 14 inhabitants of the village died, 10 of them at the front. Since 1959 – it is located in Drohiczyn district, has 227 inhabitants, in 1970 – 185 inhabitants, in 1995 – 42 yards and 82 inhabitants.

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Village Wólka

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The village of Wólka was first mentioned in the 2nd half of the 17th century as a village in the Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship. The village belonged to the sub-county of the Pinsk district, of the royal captain Jan Karol Dolski, as part of the Chomsk estate. It was mentioned in 1663, in connection with the “raid” and robbery by soldiers of the choir of the Mozyr sub-county of Abuchowicz.

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In 1793 the village was a part of Chomsk county (Wólka Simonowska), had 62 houses, 421 inhabitants. From 1795 it was a part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. In 1858 the village of Wólka was the center of the Wolianska rural municipality, part of the Chomsk estate of the landlords Puslowski. It was a part of Chomsk parish, Kobryn district, and had 293 revision souls. The village was marked on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire in 1846-1866:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1866
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In 1890 the village community owned 710 dessiatines of land, 237 suitable. In 1905 the village had 693 inhabitants. During the First World War the village was burned down. The village was marked on the one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map of Wólka +
One-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, Chomsk Commune, Drohiczyn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 the village had 50 yards, 309 inhabitants (all Orthodox). The village on the WIG map:

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Polish WIG map
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Since 1939, the village is part of the BSSR, in Chomsk parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 170 households, 813 inhabitants. From 15 January 1940 the village was included in Drohiczyn district, from 12 October 1940 it was the center of Wólka village council; there was an elementary school. The village on the Red Army map:

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During the Great Patriotic War 32 inhabitants of the village died, 18 of them died at the front. In 1949 the collective farm named after A.V. Suvorov was founded (chairman of the collective farm V.R. Kruk). Since 1954 in Brest region. In 1960 the village had 361 inhabitants, in 1970 – 520 inhabitants, in 1995 – 172 yards and 419 inhabitants.

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Village Wólka (Antopol)

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The village of Wólka, Antopol village council (currently 2025). It was first mentioned in 1629, under the name Wolka.

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From 1791 the village became part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district of Slonim, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village is also marked on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire in 1846-1863:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863
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In 1858, the village had 101 souls according to the census (state peasants), and at that time, it was part of the Zaniwje rural community in the Antopol volost. It belonged to the estate of Antopal owned by Kazimir Ozarowski. By the beginning of the 1890s, it was owned by Sofia von Brevern. In 1905, the village had a population of 263 residents.

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The village was marked on the one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map of Wólka +
One-verst map
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Three-verst map:

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From 1921 to 1939 the village was a part of Poland, Antopol Commune, Kobryn County, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 the village had 14 yards and 70 inhabitants (Orthodox). In 1930 there were 34 registered households in the village. In 1926, the villagers wrote a letter to the Polish Ministry of Education to open a Ukrainian school. In 1925 there was a functioning Polish school with 35 children:

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+ Polish school in Wólka, 1925 +
Polish school in Wólka, 1925 (35 children)
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The village was also marked on the WIG map:

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+ Polish WIG map of Wólka +
Polish WIG map
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In 1939 the village became part of the BSSR. The village was marked on the Red Army map:

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+ Red Army map of Wólka +
Red Army (RKKA) map
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From 1940 to 1959 it was a part of Pierwomajsk village council, Antopol district, Brest region. In 1940 the village had 179 inhabitants. During the Great Patriotic War, 2 inhabitants of the village did not return from the war. Since 1959 it was a part of Drohiczyn district, then in Antopol village council. In 1959 the village had 160 inhabitants. In 1970 – 189 inhabitants. In 1995 – 59 yards and 93 inhabitants.

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Village Wólka (Braszewicze)

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The village of Wólka, near Braszewicze, was first mentioned in 1662 as a village in Brest district, Brest voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. From 1791 the village was a part of Kobryn district, Brest voivodeship.

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From 1795 it was part of the Russian Empire, in Slonim province, from 1797 in Lithuanian province, and from 1801 in Grodno province. The village is shown on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1866:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1866
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In 1858, the village was part of the Gorlovici estate of the landlord Wislouch, the center of the Wólka rural municipality in the Perkowicze volost. There were 97 revision souls. In 1905 there were 191 inhabitants in the village. The village is on the one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map of Wólka (Braszewicze) +
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On the three-verst map:

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, Braszewicze Commune, Drohiczyn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 10 households, 51 inhabitants. The village is on the WIG map:

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+ Polish WIG map of Wólka (Braszewicze) +
Polish WIG map
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In 1939 the village became part of the BSSR, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. In 1939 there were 30 households, 158 inhabitants. From 15 January 1940 in Drohiczyn district, from 12 October 1940 in Braszewicze village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. The village is on the Red Army map:

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+ Red Army map of Wólka (Braszewicze) +
Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War 8 inhabitants of the village did not return from the front. Since 8 January 1954 in Brest region. In 1960 the village had 92 inhabitants, in 1970 – 140 inhabitants, in 1995 – 24 yards and 560 inhabitants.

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Village Wólka Popinska

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Vulka Popinskaia was first mentioned in 1858, the center of the village community in Osovetska volost, Kobrin district, Grodno province. It belonged to the estate of Popin, landowner Ivan Zhuk. The village had 297 revision souls. During the uprising of 1863, a self-defense detachment from the rebel villagers operated in the village. In 1905 the village had 640 inhabitants. The village is shown on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire of 1846-1866:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1866 +
Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1866
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It is also on the one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map of Wólka Popinska +
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+ Three-verst map of Wólka Popinska +
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In 1921–1939 the village was part of Poland in Osowiecka Commune, Drohiczyn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 23 households, 272 inhabitants, in 1930 there were 102 households. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period Belarusians made 92%, Jews – 8%. In the confessional composition of the population Orthodox Christians prevailed (92%). The village on the WIG map:

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Polish WIG map
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From 4 December 1939 the village became part of the BSSR, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 15 January 1940 in Drohiczyn district, from 12 October 1940 in Popinsk village council. The village had 137 yards, 582 inhabitants. In 1940 there were 120 yards, 598 inhabitants. During the Great Patriotic War in July 1944, German fascist invaders captured and burned the village, 116 courtyards were destroyed, 5 inhabitants died, 7 did not return from the front. The village is on the Red Army map:

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Red Army (RKKA) map
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In 1954 the village is in Brest region, in 1960 the village had 482 inhabitants, in 1970 – 509 inhabitants, in 1995 – 148 yards and 307 inhabitants.

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Village Wólka Rodowiecka

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The village was first mentioned in 1625 as Rudkowicze manor and courtyard, Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the property of Jerzy Terlecki.

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From 1795 it was part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village was shown on the military topographical map of the Russian Empire in 1846-1863:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863
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In 1858 the village was a part of Wolowiel rural municipality and volost, in Kobryn district. It belonged to the Grudkowicze estate of the landowner Platon Rusecki. The village had 207 revision souls. In 1890 Wólka village community had 475 dessiatines of land, 202 of which were suitable. In 1905 the village had 432 inhabitants. The village is marked on the one-verst map:

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, a part of Wolowiel commune, Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 13 households, 72 inhabitants (Orthodox). The village is marked on the WIG map:

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Polish WIG map
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Since 4 December 1939 it was part of the BSSR, in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 74 households, 339 inhabitants. From 15 January 1940 in Drohiczyn district, from 12 October 1940 in Karolin village council. The village is marked on the Red Army map:

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Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War 25 inhabitants of the village died, 9 of them did not return from the front. Since 1954 it was included in Brest region. Since 1960 in Popina village council there were 352 inhabitants. In 1970 the village had 111 yards and 328 inhabitants. In 1995 there were 110 courtyards and 353 inhabitants.

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Wolowiel Church

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There is no exact date when the church in Wolowel was built and to which denomination it belonged. The "Geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries" mentions the municipality of Wolowel as part of Dobra Królewska Zakoziel.

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Geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland
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The church was first mentioned in 1569, in connection with the formation of the Union of Lublin, as a Uniate church.

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The list of Christian Catholic settlements of 1726 mentions Wolowel.

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Christian Catholic settlements, 1726
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The Church of Great Martyr George the Victorious was built in 1766 from wood. It was built as a Uniate church. It is not known what became of the old church and whether the Church of St. George the Victorious was built on the site of the old church.

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There is a description "Description of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar" with a description of the villages, the number of parishioners, a description of the church school and the land at the church.

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+ Grodno Orthodox Calendar 1766 +
Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar
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+ The church is built of a rectangular main and pentagonal altar logs united by a gable shingled roof, which formed triangular canopies in the places where the logs were joined. The main western facade is completed with a curvilinear gable flanked by 2 four-sided towers with hipped roofs and chapels above them. Above the altar blockhouse there is a bulbous chapter. On both sides of the apse (vault) there are low sacristy and altar. The walls are paneled. The window openings are rectangular, on the main facade there are semicircular lucarnes. Above the entrance there are choirs. The apse is highlighted by a wooden iconostasis made in 1830 (as follows from the correspondence about the provision of the Lithuanian diocese of the statements of the number of arranged iconostases in the churches in 1834 and the Volovelsk church was arranged a new iconostasis). Icons of the 18th-19th centuries: "St. George the Victorious", "Archangel Michael", "Our Lady of the Amplification". Near the church there is a frame two-tier belfry, covered with a low hipped roof: the first tier is blind, the second through with a boarded parapet. The bell tower was first mentioned in archival documents in 1899. The bell with the date "1858" was preserved. St. George's Church is a monument of folk wooden architecture with Baroque elements. +
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The Marmon site has preserved in general access metric books of the Uniate Wolowiel church, they are available at this link from 1797 to 1823.

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Also metric books of Uniates can be found in RGIA, but unfortunately they are not available online. You can read the description here, Page 620. From 1749 to 1801.

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RGIA Uniate records, 1749–1801
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It is also worth mentioning the Uniate priest at Wolowel Church:

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In the 1840s, St. George's Church was given to the Orthodox. In 1865-1866 the church was moved to the center of the village of Wolowiel, and it was renovated.

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Earlier Wolowiel church was located on the tract of land Pobedyshche (in the local Polesian or what to call in another Tuteisham language), later (2nd half of the 19th century) because of the fact that the farms of Wolowiel village shrank it was on the outskirts of the village and it was decided by the parishioners to move it to the center of Wolowiel village. And to this day it is still there. And on the place where the old church stood there was a spring for a long time.

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+ Rittich map 1864 +
Rittich's maps, 1864
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Schubert's maps, 1866
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In the statement of the state of the churches of Bezdziez sub-district for 1883-1884. In the Wolowiel church "...1066 male and 1099 female parishioners", the church was repaired in 1865-1866. "April 23. The Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious... 2) In the village of Volavle, Kobrinsk uyezd, Bezdziez benefice, in the parish church. The church is wooden, with the same bell tower, built in 1766 by the landowner Orzheshko, 42 versts from Kobrin. - The parishioners are 1302 males and 1272 females, and all 2574 in 7 villages: Wolowel, Halik, Gurka, Dyatlowicze, Korsuny, Suliczew and Jamnik - 7 versts. There is a church school in Sulichev, with 28 pupils boys and 4 girls. - The parish consists of 2 persons: a priest and a psalmist, with a salary of 496 rubles. The land at the church; homestead 3 tithes, arable 25 tithes, hayfield 26 tithes, and in total: 54 tithes."

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There is no exact information about the first priest of our church, but from archival documents we can assume that one of the first Orthodox priests was Priest Onufriy Druzilowski. And served in St. George's parish until 1864. Later, Fr. Onufriy was replaced by Archpriest Flor Vasiliewicz Balabuszewicz. In 1864 the Wolowel public school was opened and the teacher of the school was Archpriest Flor Balabuszewicz. On the territory of the church there is a burial place of Fr. Flor Balabuszewicz (1830-1892), carved on a large stone slab by sculptor Malishevsky from Kobrin. After the death of Fr. Flor arrived to serve his son John Flor Balabuszewicz. And serves (1892-1921), (1924-1938). There was a time when Fr. John was transferred to other parishes and he returned to Wolowel at the request of parishioners in 1924. From 1921-1923 Fr. Phillip Koropkow served, later he was transferred to Pinsk. To replace Fr. Phillip was succeeded by Fr. Valentin Krasnikov, but he served for a short time, until 1924. At the request of the parishioners, Fr. John Balabuszewicz returned.

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There is also a list of Orthodox clergy after the Council of Polotsk. It is worth noting Onuphrius Druzilowski, who converted from Unia to Orthodoxy:

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At the time of II Rzeczypospolitej, the church was Orthodox and active, which can be seen on maps from the 1930s.

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Polish map, 1930s
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On the territory of the church the burial place of Fr. John and Mrs. Julia. In 1938-1943 Fr. Paul Zlatkowski served. By denunciation he was almost shot by the Germans, but a local resident, Derenczuk Konstantyn, managed to get his family out of the village. Fr. Paul and his family left for America. In 1983, Fr. Paul's wife, Matushka Irina, came to Russia on an excursion. A meeting was organized with Konstantin Derenczuk, who saved them from death.

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There is also a list of Orthodox priests and people who have looked after and introduced service in the church since 1943:

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Shortly before 2010, the church was renovated, and the former hexagonal chapels were replaced by onion-shaped ones.

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+ Church 2005 before restoration +
2005, before restoration
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2005, Bell tower of Volovel St. George Church
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2011, after restoration
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Year 2015
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Church in Worocewicze

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There is no exact date of construction of the church in Worocewicze at the moment. Therefore, we will start from the dates known to us.

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The earliest mention of the church can be considered the Uniate metric books for 1757–1801, which are in the RGIA.

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RGIA Uniate metric books, 1757–1801
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Also on the Marmon website, you can find Uniate metric records for our church from 1798–1834.

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Marmon Uniate records, 1798–1834
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There is also information about clergymen who served in Worocewicze and who were born there, but worked in other areas.

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After the Council of Polotsk in 1839, the church was handed over to the Orthodox.

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It is not known what became of the old church, but in 1842 a new wooden church was built. It was designed by senior civil engineer Yanovsky in 1842 to replace the old church. The contractors were residents of Chernigov province I. C. Sergeev and his son Kuzma. This wooden church stood until about 1880.

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The church was marked on the maps of Rittich and Schubert as active.

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+ Rittich map 1864 +
1864, Rittich maps
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1866–1887, Schubert maps
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The new church was built in 1869–1872 (1874) from brick. It was consecrated in 1872. The choice of the site for construction and its plan in 1868 was made by engineer-architect M. E. Czakmasow and private surveyor Tarasewicz. Its consecration took place on October 26, 1872 by His Grace Vladimir, Bishop of Bialystok. The parish was assigned land (70 dessiatinas) in the tracts "Rosachatec", "Struga", "Hlinki", "Zajaszchere", hayfields near Guta and forest in the Klimentinowo tracts. One of the first priests who conducted divine service was Roman Leczewich. The estimate for the erection of the church was made by the architect N. N. Bartaszewski. When clearing the site, the inn was demolished. For the temple was used "normal project No. 2" for a church for 300 people.

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After the revolution, at the time of II Rzeczpospolitej, the church was active and was marked on maps.

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Polish map, 1921–1939
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After World War II, the church was closed, more precisely in 1962 the church was closed. After a long petition of the believers, the church was reopened in 1983.

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At present, the church is active and in good condition.

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+ Church in Worocewicze, 2020 +
Church in Worocewicze, 2020
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Village Wschody

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Written sources mention it in 1762 as a tract of land belonging to the Torokany Monastery, Brest Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district of the Slonim province, from 1797 in the Lithuanian province, and from 1801 in the Grodno province. The village on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1843-1863:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1843–1863
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In 1858, the village in the Chomsk volost, Kobryn district, part of the Burmaki rural community, belonged to the Chomsk estate of the landowner Puslowski. There were 44 registered souls (state peasants). In 1905, there were 123 inhabitants. The village on the one-verst map:

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One-verst map
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Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Chomsk gmina of the Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 22 households and 94 inhabitants. The ethnic composition of the population at that time was 100% Belarusian. The religious composition of the population was predominantly Orthodox Christian (100%). The village on the German military map kdwr:

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German military map (kdwr)
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Polish WIG map
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From December 4, 1939, as part of the Belarus SSR, there were 25 households and 150 inhabitants. From October 12, 1940, in the Niemierza village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. The village on the Red Army map:

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During the Great Patriotic War, on August 23, 1942, the village was burned down and the Nazis shot 25 civilians. Three villagers died at the front. In 1949, the "Red Wschody" collective farm was established, chaired by W.M. Baryszczyk. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest Region. In 1959, there were 105 residents, in 1970 there were 88 residents, and in 1995 there were 26 households and 27 residents.

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Village Zabierz

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Zabierz is known from written sources since the 14th century. In the 14th – 1st half of the 15th century the village was part of the Zditow parish of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, belonged to the Lithuanian Grand Duke, then passed to Nieproczewicz-Wolowicz. Mentioned in 1518 in the case of the conflict at the border of the Pinsk prince Fiodor Ivanowicz Jaroslawicz down “the estate of Zabierz with the place Chomsk” to his wife. At that time Zabierz was a “courtyard”, i.e. it had no significant fortifications and was only the administrative center of the estate. Zabierz remained a “courtyard” until the second half of the 17th century; at that time the Zabierz estate belonged to the princes Dolski and Jazersky, and was partly founded by the nobleman Wojciech Czarwinski. In the “yard” there were two barns, a cellar and a brewery.

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In NIAB Fund: 1733 Inventory: 1 Case: 1 Internal inventory there is a mention of Zabierz and in particular 2 persons (Stefan Jaroszewicz and Jan Jaroszewicz, viceroy of Pan Dolski in the estates of Chomsk and Zabierz), 1566-1569 years:

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NIAB archive, 1566–1569
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It is worth noting the record of the NIAB archive Fund: 1785 Inventory: 1 Case: 20 Years: 1604. There is a mention of Zabierz (estate and courtyard) in Pinsk district.

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NIAB archive, 1604
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It is worth attaching documents from 1640, which are currently in the Lithuanian archive.

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Lithuanian archive, 1640 (page 1)
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Lithuanian archive, 1640 (page 2)
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When in March 1660 a detachment of Moscow troops of Ivan Chowanski burned the neighboring Chomsk, the local nobleman Dominik Eismant, being in conflict with Wojciech Czarwinski, on March 16, 1660 with 20 of his men under the guise of Muscovites with the cry: “Chop! Chop!” seized the “courtyard”. Czarwinski's servant Nowicki almost died when he rushed to escape across the river.

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In the second half of the 17th century, the Zabierz estate was collected by Prince Jan Karol Dolski. As of 1677 there were 422 taxpayers on this estate of Prince Dolski, taking into account the untaxed and children there could be more than 1000 people in total. There, on the site of the old “courtyard”, Prince Jan Karol Dolski built the Zabierz Castle.

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At the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century near Zabierz there was a castle of the Wiszniewicki princes. It was destroyed in 1706 by the army of Charles XII. In 1793 the village is mentioned as part of Chomsk county; there was a working inn, 4 mills. From the inventory for 1793 there is still mentioned a folwark with 22 yards and 154 inhabitants.

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From 1795 in the Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 in Lithuanian, from 1801 in Grodno province. The village is on the map in 1860 years:

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The village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1843-1846:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1843–1846
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In 1858 the village, the center of the rural community in Chomsk parish, Kobryn district, belonged to the Chomsk estate, which belonged to the Puslowski family. There were 264 revision souls. The village is on the three-verst map of 1865:

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Three-verst map, 1865
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There is a mention of the village in the archive RGIA (St. Petersburg), f.1291, Op.58, D18. From February 13, 1881 to May 15, 1883.

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RGIA archive, 1881–1883
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In 1905 there were 374 inhabitants. During the First World War in 1915-1918, it was occupied by Kaiser's Germany.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland. There were 27 households and 176 inhabitants. On September 30, 1921 in the village all were Poleshuks (tutejshy). The village is on the WIG map:

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Polish WIG map
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Since 1939 in the BSSR. It was marked on German maps kdwr:

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German military map (kdwr)
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Village in Chomsk parish, Drohiczyn district, 96 yards and 476 inhabitants, there was an elementary school. From 12 October 1949 to 17 June 1954 the center of the village council of Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. During the Great Patriotic War 15 inhabitants of the village perished. Since 1954 in Brest region. In 1959 the village was in Khomskiy village council, 255 inhabitants, in 1970 – 444 inhabitants, in 1995 – 209 inhabitants. Until 2004 it was a part of Kirov collective farm.

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Village Zajelenie

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In written sources it was mentioned in 1793 as a part of Chomsk county, Kobryn district, Brest voivodeship. There were 22 households and 137 inhabitants.

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From 1795 in the Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 in Lithuanian, from 1801 in Grodno province. The village is marked on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863
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In 1858 the village was the center of the rural community in Chomsk parish, Kobrin district, Grodno province, part of the Chomsk estate of the Puslowski. There were 151 revision souls (state villagers) in the village. In 1890 the inhabitants of the village community owned 194 tithes of usable land. The village is on the one-verst map:

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One-verst map
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In 1905 there were 346 inhabitants in the village.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Chomsk Commune, Drohiczyn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 27 courtyards and 123 inhabitants (all were Poleshuks and Orthodox). The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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Polish WIG map
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Since 1939 in the BSSR. From 12 October 1940 the village was in Zabierz village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 61 yards and 320 inhabitants; there was an elementary school. During the Great Patriotic War 7 inhabitants of the village perished. The village on the Red Army map:

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Since 1954 in Chomsk village council, Drohiczyn district, Brest region. In 1959 there were 67 inhabitants, in 1970 – 210 inhabitants, in 1995 – 54 yards and 136 inhabitants. Until 2004 the village was part of the Kirov collective farm.

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Village Zakletenie

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The village is known from written sources since the 16th century. In the 2nd half of the 16th century it was included in the Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1783 the village was a part of Bezdziez manor (key).

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From 1795 in the Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village is on the 1865 one-verst map:

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+ One-verst map 1801-1845 +
One-verst map, 1801–1845
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The village is marked on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863
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In 1858 the village in Bezdziez volost, Kobryn district, within the Zastawa rural municipality, had 201 revision souls (state villagers). In 1905 there were 406 inhabitants.

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The village is on the 1864 three-verst map:

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Three-verst map, 1864
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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Bezdziez Commune, Drohiczyn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 79 yards and 355 inhabitants, 290 were Orthodox. The village is on the WIG map:

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Polish WIG map
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From 4 December 1939 it was a part of the BSSR; the village had 495 inhabitants. Since 12 October 1940 in Zastawa village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. The village is on the Red Army map:

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German military map (kdwr)
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During the Great Patriotic War 32 inhabitants died, 22 did not return from the front. In 1949 the collective farm “Bolshevik” was established, the chairman was P.P. Martynowicz. From 8 January 1954 in Brest region, from 16 July 1954 in Bezdziez village council. In 1959 there were 442 inhabitants in the village, in 1970 – 492 inhabitants, in the collective farm “New Way”. In 1995 there were 100 yards and 269 inhabitants.

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Village Zalawie

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The village of Zalawie is marked on the one-verst map from the beginning of 1870 and later:

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One-verst map, 1870s–1910s
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It is also worth noting that it was a sparsely populated settlement, possibly a folwark. Near it there is a tract of land called Zalawie.

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The tract is also marked on the half-verst map, which was published in the 1880s and later:

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Half-verst map, 1880s–1910s
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In 1930 it was part of Poland, Osowiec parish, Drohiczyn district, Polesie voivodeship. It is marked on the WIG map:

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Polish WIG map
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From 1939 as part of BSSR, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, there were 3 households. The village is marked on the Red Army map:

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Since 15 January 1949 in Drohiczyn district. Since 1954 in Brest region. In 1960 it was listed as a hamlet in Drohiczyn district, Popina village council, there were 113 inhabitants, in 1970 – 54 inhabitants, in 1995 – 3 yards and 3 inhabitants.

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Village Zalesie

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The village is shown on the map “Schubert's Special Map of Western Russia” from 1826-1840:

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Schubert's Special Map of Western Russia, 1826–1840
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In 1858 it was a village, the center of the village community in Ziolowo parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. Within the Tretiaki estate of the landlord Osuchowski, there were 142 revision souls (state villagers). In 1890 the community had 352 tithes of land, 113 were usable. In 1905 there were 292 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 as part of Poland. Ziolow gmina, Kobryn district. In 1921 there were 30 courtyards and 175 inhabitants, 174 were Orthodox. In 1930 there were 41 courtyards. The village is on the WIG map:

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Polish WIG map
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From 15 January 1940 in the BSSR, Antopol district, Brest region. From 12 October 1940 in Detkowicze village council, 263 inhabitants. During the Great Patriotic War 13 fellow countrymen died, 12 at the front. Since 8 August 1959 in Drohiczyn district. The village is on the Red Army map:

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In 1960 the village had 243 yards, in 1970 – 196 inhabitants, in 1995 – 47 yards and 87 inhabitants.

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Village Zaluze

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From written sources since the 16th century. In 1554 the tract was mentioned in Borodycze parish.

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From 1795 it was a part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846-1863:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863
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In 1858 in Drohiczyn parish, Kobryn district. The Zaluze estate of Regina Ruszczyc. In the village of Zaluze within the estate of Socha Ludwig Wisloukh there were 64 revision souls (state villagers). The village is on the one-verst map:

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One-verst map
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In 1890 the village was in Rowiny rural municipality, Drohiczyn parish. It was part of the Rowiny-Zaluze estate of the landlord Ruszczyc. In 1905, the village had 119 inhabitants, the estate had 20 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Drohiczyn district, Drohiczyn county, Polesie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 23 courtyards and 147 inhabitants in the village, folwark – 7 inhabitants. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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Polish WIG map
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Since 4 December 1939 in the BSSR. There were 35 yards and 249 inhabitants. From 15 January 1940 in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 12 October 1940 in Lipniki village council. The village is on the Red Army map:

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During the Great Patriotic War 19 inhabitants of the village died, 18 did not return from the front. Since 1954 in Brest region, since 1965 in Drogichi village council. In 1960 the village had 184 inhabitants, in 1970 – 188 inhabitants; the village Zaluze merged with the village Socha. In 1995 there were 129 yards and 351 inhabitants.

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Village Zaniwie

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From written sources it was mentioned in the 18th century. In 1774 it was mentioned under the name Zaniwie and Stary Ziolow, a village in Brest district, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. From 1791 it was a part of Kobryn district.

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From 1795 in the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 in the Lithuanian province, from 1801 in the Grodno province. The village on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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Schubert map, 1826–1840
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The village was marked on the 1846-1863 military topographic map of the Russian Empire:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863
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The village is also on the one-verst map:

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In 1858 the village, the center of the rural community in Antopol parish, as part of the Antopol estate of Count Kazimierz Ozarowski, there were 228 revision souls (state villagers). In 1905 there were 354 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Antopol commune, Kobryn district, Polesie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 43 households and 203 inhabitants. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period Ruthenians made 74.9%, Poles – 16.7%, Jews – 5.9%, Belarusians – 2.5%. The confessional composition of the population was dominated by Orthodox Christians (93.1%), Jews (5.9%) and Evangelical Christians. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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From 4 December 1939 in the BSSR, in Kobryn district, Brest region. From 15 January 1940, in Antopol district, from 12 October 1940 to 16 July 1954 the center of Zaniwie village council. In 1949 there were 512 inhabitants, there was an elementary school. During the Great Patriotic War 25 inhabitants of the village died, 17 did not return from the front. The village on the Red Army map:

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In 1948 a collective farm was organized. In 1959 the farm Zaniwie in Imienin village council, Drohiczyn district. In 1960 there were 347 inhabitants, in 1970 – 325 inhabitants, in 1995 – 85 yards and 161 inhabitants.

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Village Zaplesie

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From written sources the village has been known since 1630.

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From 1795 in the Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim, from 1797 in Lithuanian, from 1801 in Grodno province. The village on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Schubert map, 1826–1840
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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1843–1864
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In 1858 in Drohiczyn parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. In the 1860s the population of Zaplesie was divided into the first and second Zaplesie rural communities, owned by Piotr Kraszewski and Sewieryn Liazenski, respectively. In the first Zaplesie village community there were 70 register souls (37 men and 33 women), in the second – 115 (54 men and 61 women). In the archive RGIA F. 577 Op. 10 Д. 987, there is a record of the village, extreme dates November 16, 1864 – October 10, 1872.

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There is also a second record in RGIA F. 1344 Op. 21 Д. 881, extreme dates August 09, 1892 – March 05, 1893.

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+ Second (peasant) Department of the Senate. On the refusal and review of the case to resolve the dispute between the peasants of the village Zaplesie P. Misnowiec and Szawraniuk on the right of ownership of the land plot. Grodno province, Kobryn district. +
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In 1905 there were 357 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, in Drohiczyn commune, Drohiczyn district, Polesie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 24 courtyards and 182 inhabitants. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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From 4 December 1939 in the BSSR, in Drohiczyn district, from 15 January 1940 in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 12 October 1940 in Lipniki village council. In 1939 there were 85 households and 452 inhabitants in the village; there was a primary school. In the Great Patriotic War, near the village, the Soviet army on 25 June 1941 fought with Nazi invaders. During the war 8 inhabitants of the village died, 4 did not return from the front. The village on the Red Army map:

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From 1960 in Starosielsk, from 1965 in Drohiczyn village council, Brest region. In 1960 there were 431 inhabitants in the village, in 1970 – 397 inhabitants, in 1995 – 111 yards and 269 inhabitants; there was an elementary school. There is a monument to the fallen Soviet soldiers.

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Village Zarzeczka

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The first mention of the Zarzeczka area dates back to 1620, when it was part of the village of Liachowicze (the village of Liachowicze was first mentioned in 1492). It is possible that the village was also called Derbinka. In the “Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries, Volume XIV”, the description of the canal mentions the village Zarechka in 1775:

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In 1778 it was a part of Drohiczyn county. It became an independent village in 1783, when the Dnieper-Bug (Royal) Canal was completed. The village belonged administratively to the Brest Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Orthodox Christianity was finally established only at the end of the 15th century. Before that, paganism had a huge weight. To this day, some of the Christian holidays are called by pagan names.

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From 1795 it was a part of the Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. On Schubert's map for 1826-1840 our village is also marked:

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Schubert map, 1826–1840
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Also the village is marked on the military topographical map of the Russian Empire in 1843-1864:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1843–1864
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In 1858 it was a village in Osowiec province, the center of the village community, part of the Liachowicze estate, owned by the landowner Georgy Szemet. There were 321 revision souls (state villagers). In 1886 the village had 40 courtyards and 547 inhabitants; there was a drinking house. In 1905 the village had 764 inhabitants.

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The village is on the one-verst map:

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In the archive RGIA, F. 577 Op. 10 Д. 901 there is a mention of our village, extreme dates June 7, 1865 – August 22, 1872:

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From 1921 till 1939 in Poland, in Osowiec commune, Drohiczyn district, Polesie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 175 households and 867 inhabitants, of whom 842 were Orthodox. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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From 1939 it was part of the BSSR; there were 224 households and 900 inhabitants. From 12 October 1940 in Popina village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. Since 1954 in Brest region. During the Great Patriotic War in February–March 1944, partisans of the Molotov Brigade and Pinsk partisan associations fought in the region of the village. The 42-day defense of the Dnieper-Bug Canal by partisans against German attacks in February–March 1944 is known. As a result, almost all houses and buildings were destroyed, and the local population was evacuated to the area of the Pripyat River to the villages of Mukoszyn and Lubotyn (Ukraine). 29 inhabitants of the village were killed in partisan resistance and died at the front. The village on the Red Army map:

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In 1959 the village and the farm had 1268 inhabitants. In 1951–1958 it was the center of the village farm named after "Andreev". In 1958–1964 it was the center of the farm “Zarya”. In 1970 the village was the center of the collective farm “Druzhba”, with 1159 inhabitants. In 1995 there were 290 yards and 916 inhabitants.

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On September 25, 2010, in the village of Zarzeczka, an Orthodox church-chapel was consecrated in honor of the locally venerated icon of the Kazan Mother of God. The reason for the construction was an event from 1936, when in an ordinary rural family living in Zarzeczka, the mistress of the house began to observe that the old family icon of Our Lady of Kazan surprisingly brightened and began to be renewed. The icon began to emit a quiet bell ringing, which was heard for two months. A commission from the then Pinsk Monastery witnessed this miraculous phenomenon.

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Village Zastawie

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The village was mentioned in written sources in the 16th century. In 1518 it was mentioned as “Polje Zastavie”, in the middle of the lands of Bezdziez village, when considering the complaint of the Pinsk prince Fiodor Iwanowicz Jaroslawicz against the canons of the Trok church. In 1783 the village in Bezdziez key, Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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From 1795 in the Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village is on Schubert's map for the years 1826-1840:

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Village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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In 1858 the village, the center of Zaslawie rural community of Bezdziez volost, there were 303 revision souls (state villagers). In 1897 a brickyard was founded (3 workers). In 1890 the village community had 648 usable tithes of land.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, Bezdziez Commune, Drohiczyn County, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 122 households and 563 inhabitants. The village on the Polish WIG map:

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From 4 December 1939 it was a part of the BSSR, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 12 October 1940 to 16 July 1954 the village was the center of Zastawie village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. In 1940 there were 830 inhabitants. The village is on the Red Army map:

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During the Great Patriotic War 35 inhabitants of the village died, 25 did not return from the front. From 8 January 1954 in Brest region, from 16 July 1954 in Bezdziez village council. In 1959 there were 651 inhabitants in the village, in 1970 – 628 inhabitants; the village was part of the collective farm “New Way”. In 1995 there were 138 yards and 341 inhabitants.

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Village Zatocze

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From written sources it was mentioned in 1518, in the case of the border conflict between the Pinsk prince Fiodor Iwanowicz Jaroslawicz with the Trok canons under the name “Podtochie Island”. In 1785 there were 2 villages in the Bezdziez key – Wieliki Zatocze and Male Zatocze.

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Since 1795 in the Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim province, since 1797 in the Lithuanian, since 1801 in Grodno province. The village is on Schubert's map for 1826-1840:

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Schubert map, 1826–1840
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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863
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In 1858 the village, the center of the rural community of Bezdziez volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province, had 263 revision souls (state villagers). In 1890 the villagers had 574 tithes of usable land. The one-verst map:

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In 1905 there were 626 inhabitants, including Wieliki Zatocze – 389 inhabitants, Male Zatocze – 237 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Chomsk Commune, Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 90 households and 453 inhabitants (all Orthodox). In the ethnic composition of the population of that period the Poleszuks accounted for 99.8%. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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Since 1939 it was part of the BSSR, in Chomsk Commune, Drohiczyn District, it had 145 yards and 659 inhabitants; there was an elementary school. The village is on the Red Army map:

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From 15 January 1949 in Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, from 12 October 1940 in Chomsk village council. Since 1954 in Brest region. During the Great Patriotic War the village was burnt down by Nazi invaders. In the battles with fascists 27 inhabitants died, 26 did not return from the front. In 1959 there were 323 inhabitants, in 1970 – 590 inhabitants, in 1995 – 12 yards and 290 inhabitants. Until 2004 the village was part of the Kirov collective farm.

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Village Zawielewie

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In written sources from the 16th century. In 1783 it was mentioned as a part of Braszewicze parish, a Catholic church authority, belonged to Braszewicze Roman Catholic parish.

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From 1795 it was a part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 in Grodno province. The village is on the map of 1860:

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One-verst map, 1801–1845
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The village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863
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In the Grodno Archives (NIAB), Fond: 2 Inventory: 36, there is a mention of the village and its inhabitant Mlyczanka Pawel:

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NIAB archive, 1858
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In 1858 the village was the center of the rural community in Braszewicze volost, part of the Braszewicze estate. There were 315 revision souls (state villagers). The village is on the map of 1865:

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Three-verst map, 1865
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In 1905 there were 675 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, Braszewicze Commune, Drohiczyn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 57 households, 297 inhabitants. There was a public school:

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Public school, 1921
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Polish WIG map
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From 1939 it was a part of the BSSR, Braszewicze parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 141 yards and 833 inhabitants; also there was a functioning school. Since 12 October 1940 in Braszewicze village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. During the Great Patriotic War 21 inhabitants of the village died, 17 did not return from the front. In 1949 a collective farm was established. In 1954 it was included into Brest region. The village is marked on the Red Army map:

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German military map (kdwr)
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In 1959 the village had 410 inhabitants, in 1970 – 644 inhabitants, in 1995 – 185 yards and 502 inhabitants. There was an elementary school. Until 2004 it was a part of the collective farm named after Kalinin.

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There is a church of Evangelical Christians-Baptists in the village. Their house of prayer is opened in an old wooden building, built according to some data in the late XIX – early XX centuries. The temple is a green-colored single log building with a small porch with columns and arched windows on the side facades. The building is horizontally boarded, the gable at the back is vertically boarded. A small roadside chapel from 1938 can also be seen in the village.

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Baptist prayer house
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Roadside chapel, 1938
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Village Zawiersze

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From written sources, Zawiersze was mentioned in 1518 as “Zawiersze Island” among the lands of Bezdziez village, in connection with the dispute between the Prince of Pinsk F.I. Jaroslawycz and the Catholics of the Church of the Mother of God in Trok. In 1783 the village was in the Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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From 1795 in the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village is on the map of 1860:

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One-verst map, 1801–1845
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The village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846-1863:

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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863
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In 1858 the village was a part of Mikick commune of Bezdziez volost. There were 230 revision souls (state villagers). In 1905 there were 386 inhabitants.

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On the three-verst map of 1865:

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Three-verst map, 1865
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From 1921 to 1939 as part of Poland. Bezdziez gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 96 courtyards and 471 inhabitants (12 Poles and 459 entered themselves as Poleszuks, tutejsi). There was a functioning public school.

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Public school, interwar period
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The village is on Polish WIG maps:

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Polish WIG map
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From 1939 in the BSSR, Pinsk region, from 12 October 1949 in Zastawski village council, Drohiczyn district. There were 108 households and 615 inhabitants. There was also an incomplete secondary school.

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During the Great Patriotic War 43 inhabitants of the village died, 21 did not return from the front. Since 8 January 1954 in Brest region, since 17 July 1954 in Bezdziez village council. In 1959 there were 600 inhabitants, in 1970 – 178 yards and 661 inhabitants. There was an 8-year school, a communication office, a board of the kolkhoz named after Dimitrov. In 1995 there were 165 yards and 426 inhabitants. In the village there is a memorial grave to the soldiers of World War I (Russian soldiers), as well as to the soldiers of World War II.

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Ziolowo Church

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When and by whom the church in Ziolowo was built is not mentioned at the moment. But according to the found documents it can be traced that the first mention is related to Catholicism.

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In the list of Christian Catholic settlements of 1726, Ziolowo is mentioned. It is likely that it was already a Uniate church at that time.

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Uniate metric books, 1769–1801
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Uniate metric books, 1769–1801 (continued)
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Further records of the Ziolowo church as Uniate are mentioned:

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You can also find the "Inventory of the parish of the population of Ziolowo" for 1824 on the Marmon site. Here is a link to the document, page 623.

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Further in Ziolowo there is mentioned a wooden Holy Trinity Orthodox church in 1842. At the moment it is not known whether it was built on the site of the Uniate church and what became of it. It was built at the expense of Colonel Vasily Danilovich Mandrykin, who was buried on the territory of the church. Fifteen steps away from him erected a bell tower, through which led the road to the church. The church was built in the form of a cross. Fifteen steps away from the central entrance they erected a two-tiered bell tower with an inner passage. The parishioner, before entering the shrine, had to pass through this passage.

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In the book "Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1" there is a mention of the church, approximate year of record 1867:

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Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar, c. 1867
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During the Second Polish Republic (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska, II Rzeczpospolita) 1918–1939, on maps it is marked as a church.

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Polish map, 1918–1939
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During the communist persecution the church was closed, and it was returned to the believers only in 1990.

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Ziolowo church until 2005. Photo from 1979.
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On June 20, 2005 the Ziolowo church burned down. According to media reports, the firemen explained the phenomenon as follows: "A banal violation of fire safety rules in the use of electrical appliances. After the service they wanted to wash candlesticks, heated water on the electric stove, and forgot to turn it off. And the fact that it burned quickly, so it was wooden, in addition to the holiday just painted. That's why the fire was good."

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The preserved bell tower
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The remains of the church after the fire
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The surviving central part of the temple
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The new church of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity was under construction since August 2005, and in early June 2012 it was consecrated.

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The new church, consecrated in 2012
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Village Ziolowo

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In written sources the village was mentioned in 1583, in a court case, it belonged to Kienderowski, a manor in Brest voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. At the beginning of the 18th century it was mentioned as Ziolow starostvo. In 1764 at the Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth it was allowed to exchange the Ziolow starostvo for the privately-owned boras (villages, settlement) Suchacze and Raszyn for Jozef Bystry, since then Ziolow ceased to be a full-fledged starostvo. In 1766 the Ziolow village, which had the status of a non-township (without the privileges of a town/settlement) was owned by Michal Pac; he also owned the villages of Borodycze, Tolkowo and Podlesie (which was part of the village). In 1789 the village was known as Ziolow key, in 1790 there was a functioning church.

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From 1795 it was a part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village is on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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Schubert map, 1826–1840
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Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863
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In 1858 the village of Ziolow, the center of the volost and rural community in Kobryn district, Grodno province. There were 173 revision souls (state villagers), church; Ziolow estate of landowner Maria Tutkiewicz B. (unfortunately the full patronymic is not known), 711 revision souls (state villagers). In 1862 a public school was opened. On the site RGIA F:577;OP:10;D:1102, there is a case on the redemption of land by temporarily obliged villagers from the landowner Tutkiewicz M.B.:

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One-verst map
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In 1886 the village had 21 courtyards and 292 inhabitants, a drinking house, a farm Ziolow, 2 windmills, a wine storehouse. In 1890 the rural community of Ziolow village owned 419 dessiatinas of land, the church owned 56 dessiatinas of land. Judging by the records, the next owner of the Ziolow estate was Maria Dolgorukoea; in 1890 her estate had 1805 dessiatinas of land, a winery was operating. In 1905 there were 454 inhabitants in the village and 96 inhabitants in the estate. There was a church-parish and public elementary school.

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From 1921 till 1939 it was a part of Poland, the center of commune in Kobryn district, Polesie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 245 inhabitants living in 53 houses. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period Poles made up 93.1% and Jews – 6.9%. The confessional composition of the population was dominated by Orthodox Christians (80.8%), Jews (13.1%) and Catholics (6.1%). The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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Polish WIG map
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Since 1939 it was a part of BSSR, Kobryn district, Brest region, the center of the parish; there were 108 households, there was an elementary school. From 15 January 1940 in Antopol district, from 12 October 1940 in Zaniwje village council, there were 475 inhabitants. During the Great Patriotic War 17 inhabitants of the village died, 12 did not come back from the front. The village is on the Red Army map:

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In 1948 a collective farm was established. Since 1954 the village is in Imienin village council, since 8 August 1959 in Drohiczyn district. In 1959 there were 354 inhabitants, in 1970 – 919 inhabitants, in 1995 – 89 yards and 20 inhabitants.

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Village Adamowo

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In the XVIII-XIX centuries it belonged to the Niemcewicze family.

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Also Adamowo is mentioned in 1858, Osowiecka parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. It was the center of the village community, 208 “souls” lived, which partially belonged to the estate “Adamowo” (151 registered souls), owned by the landowner Konstantyn Kruszewski. The Puchowaja estate had 57 registered “souls”, the estate belonged to Julia Klimaszewska.

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In 1890 the community had 256 dessiatinas of land, of which 177 dessiatinas were suitable. Olga Olifers Adamowo estate had 500 dessiatinas of land.

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In 1905, the village had 280 inhabitants and the estate “Adamovo”, which had 10 inhabitants.

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In 1921-39, during the II Polish Republic, the village was included in the Osowiecka Commune, Drohiczyn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 the village had 38 households, 132 inhabitants and the estate “Adamowo”, where 4 people lived.

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With the coming of Soviet power from 04.12.1939, the village was included in Osovetska volost, Drohichyn district, Pinsk region, BSSR. There were 335 inhabitants in the village. There was a primary school in the village, and Adamovo colony with 39 inhabitants. Since 15.01.1940 the village was included in Belin village council. In 1942-1950 it was part of the zone where the “Ukrainian Insurgent Army” operated.

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During World War 2, 19 inhabitants of the village died, 14 of them at the front.

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Adamovo on the RKKA map
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Since 1954, the village is listed in the Brest region, Osowiecka village council, Drohichyn district.

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In 1960 the village had 317 inhabitants, in 1970 - 376 inhabitants, in 1995 - 75 yards and 182 inhabitants.

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Belenok

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The first mention of Belenok can be dated to the 19th century. In 1858 the village was included in Braszewicze parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. It was a part of Losince rural community. There were 165 revision souls (state villagers), formerly subjects of the Torokan monastery.

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In 1890 the village had 345 dessiatinas of land, of which 163 dessiatinas were usable.

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In 1905 there were 365 inhabitants in the village.

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From 1921 to 1939, the village was in the Braszewicze Commune, Drohiczyn County, Polesie Voivodeship, Poland. As of 1921 the village had 44 households and 188 inhabitants.

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From 04.12.1939 in the BSSR in Braszewicze volost, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. The village had 73 households, 312 inhabitants. Since 15.01.1940 it was included in Wulka village council. During the Great Patriotic War 6 inhabitants of the village died, 3 of them did not return from the front.

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Since 1954 in Brest region. In 1960 the village had 272 inhabitants, in 1970 - 155 inhabitants.

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Near the village there is a burial mound of Drygovichi of the 9th-13th century.

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Bielinek

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The first record of Bielinek can be considered the 1st half of the 16th century. In 1546 in the description of the borders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crown of Poland it appears under the name Belin Second.

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From 1795 it was part of the Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 — Lithuanian, from 1801 — Grodno province.

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In 1858 it was part of Osowiec volost, Kobryn district, the center of Belinsk village community. At that time there were 118 surveyed souls (with part of Osowiec village), state villagers.

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+ Schubert three-verst map 1866-1867 +
Map 1 — Schubert's three-verst map 1866–1867
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In 1890 the village community had 486 dessiatinas of land, of which 210 were usable.

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In 1905, Bielinek had 306 residents, Bielinek State Guard had 12 residents.

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Map 2 — One-verst map
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In 1919 the village had a functioning elementary Ukrainian school with 38 pupils, the teacher was P. Narenko. In 1926, the villagers appealed to the Polish Ministry of Education with a request to establish a Ukrainian school in the village.

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From 1921 to 1939 Bielinek was located in the Osowiec Commune, Drohiczyn County, Polesie Voivodeship, Poland. In 1921 the village had 57 yards and 344 inhabitants, of whom 328 were Orthodox. Belarusians made up 90.1%, Poles — 9.9% of the population.

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Map 3 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939 it was part of the BSSR. From 04.12.1940 it was in Osowiec parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 12.10.1940 it belonged to Belinski village council. The village had 69 households and 325 inhabitants.

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During the Great Patriotic War the village was burnt down by Nazi invaders. During the war 11 inhabitants died, 8 of them at the front.

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Map 4 — RKKA map
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Since 1954 Bielinek is in Brest region, since 1959 in Osowiec village council. In 1960 the village had 603 inhabitants, in 1970 — 377 inhabitants, in 1995 there were 73 yards and 208 inhabitants.

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Village of Bobky

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In 1921–1939 the village was part of Poland, in the Ilovsky commune, Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship. The village had 6 courtyards and 26 inhabitants. In 1930 there were 10 households.

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Map 1 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939 the village was part of the BSSR. From 15.01.1940 it was in Antopolsky district, Brest region.

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Map 2 — RKKA map (village marked as “Budki”)
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From 12.10.1940 the village belonged to Detkovichi village council and had 71 inhabitants. During the Great Patriotic War 2 inhabitants of the village died at the front.

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Since 08.08.1959 the village has been in Drohiczyn district. It had 49 inhabitants in an unspecified year, 38 inhabitants in 1970, and in 1995 — 7 yards and 10 inhabitants.

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Village of Brodek

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The village of Brodek was first mentioned in available sources on Schubert's map of 1826–1840.

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Map 1 — Schubert map 1826–1840
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From written sources, it is mentioned in 1858 as a village in Imienin parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. It was the center of the village community. There were 123 revision souls (state villagers), who from the second half of the 19th century were subjects of the Torokanie monastery.

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Map 2 — Genealogical map of Polesie 1874–1898
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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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In 1890, the community owned 266 dessiatinas of land, of which 134 dessiatinas were usable. In 1905, the village had 239 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of the Polish commune of Imienin, Drohiczyn district. It had 13 yards and 63 inhabitants. In 1939 there were 37 households and 185 inhabitants.

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Map 5 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939 the village was part of the BSSR. From 12.10.1940 it was in Imienin village council, Antopol district, Brest region and had 187 inhabitants. During the Great Patriotic War 6 inhabitants of the village died at the front.

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Map 6 — RKKA map
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In 1959, the village had 149 inhabitants, in 1970 — 130, in 1995 — 28 yards and 53 inhabitants.

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Village of Budy

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The village of Budy was shown on Schubert's map of 1826–1840. However, it is signed there as "Lady", possibly a misprint or an old name that was later changed to Budy.

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+ Schubert map 1826-1840 +
Map 1 — Schubert map 1826–1840
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Further in written sources the village is mentioned in 1905, not as a settlement, but as a forest fire department of Osowiec parish, where 1 inhabitant lived.

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In 1919–1939 it was part of Poland, as part of the village Paluszczyn, Ilow commune. In 1930 there were already 16 households in the village and a school.

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Map 2 — Polish WIG map
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In 1939 the village became part of the BSSR. From 15.01.1940 it was included in Antopol district, Brest region. From 12.10.1940 it belonged to Detkowicze village council and had 118 inhabitants.

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Map 3 — Map of the Red Army
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During the Great Patriotic War 5 inhabitants of the village died, 4 of them at the front. Since 08.08.1959 the village is listed in Drohiczyn district. It had 97 inhabitants, in 1970 — 105 inhabitants, in 1995 — 24 yards and 43 inhabitants.

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Catholic Church in Antopol

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The Catholic Chapel (Bel. kaplica) was built in Antopol in 1838. It was attached to the Gorodets parish church.

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In the 1909 book "Guide to Lithuania and Belarus" by N. Rouba, a chapel in Antopol, Grodno province, is mentioned.

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+ 1909 Guide to Lithuania and Belarus +
Photo 1 — Mention in "Guide to Lithuania and Belarus" (1909)
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Photo 2 — Reminder from "Collection of monuments of history and culture. Brest region"
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Given that the chapel belonged to the Gorodecka parish, Kobrin-Rome deanery, it is worth looking at the surviving metric books for the area on the FamilySearch website from 1706 to 1866.

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Photo 3 — Metric books 1706–1866
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On the Schubert and Rittich maps of 1866–1890, the chapel was not marked.

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At the time of the II Rzeczpospolita (1918–1939), in the book "Grzegorz Rąkowski; Smak Kresów; Czar Polesia, Rewasz 2001", the church in Antopol is already mentioned as the Catholic Church of St. Andrzej Boboli. It was reconstructed from a chapel in 1938. The funds were raised by Maria Rodziewiczówna. The church was consecrated by Bishop Kazimir Bukraba of Pinsk. In 1939, with the arrival of Soviet power, the church was closed.

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Photo 4 — Polish map from the interwar period
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After the war the church fell into disrepair. Now it houses the fire station of the town of Antopol.

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Photo 5 — Current state (fire station)
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Photo 6 — Current state (2020)
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Church in Antopol

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A pre-war guidebook to Polesie mentions that in 1718 the resident Antonina Zamoyska founded a Uniate Basilian monastery here.

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The earliest document can be considered the metric Uniate books from 1719 to 1799, which are currently in RGIA.

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+ Uniate metric books 1719-1799 +
Photo 1 — Uniate metric books 1719–1799
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+ Uniate metric books 1719-1799 +
Photo 2 — Uniate metric books 1719–1799 (additional page)
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In 1807 the monastery Holy Trinity Church burned down. Only the icon of the Virgin Mary with the Infant in her arms was saved. The male monastery of the Basilian order was abolished in 1834.

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Photo 3 — Uniate/Orthodox metrics 1820–1846
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An icon rescued from the fire of the old Uniate church is mentioned in “Descriptions of Churches and Parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar.” It features monograms with a ruby of the Polish King Stanisław August. At that time the owner of the area was Princess Elizabeth Giedrojc.

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Photo 4 — Icon of the Virgin Mary saved from the fire
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There is also a list of Uniate priests who served in Antopol, including Fyodor Horbatsevich and Fyodor Pronevich.

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The current Orthodox church was built in 1857 (or rebuilt for Orthodoxy) by the local landowner Count Kosmoja Ozharovski on the site of the old Uniate church and monastery.

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Photo 5 — Rittich map 1864 (church marked)
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Photo 6 — Schubert map 1866 (church marked)
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Next to the church there is a bell tower built in 1866, two-tiered, frame, covered with a hipped roof.

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Photo 7 — Cemetery church built in 1872
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Photo 8 — Current view of the bricked-up cemetery church
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Photo 9 — Reconstruction of the Resurrection Church in 1875
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Photo 10 — Orthodox metric books 1867–1872
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Photo 11 — Photograph of the church taken in 1916
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Photo 12 — Church during the II Polish Republic (1918–1939)
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Photo 13 — Current state of the church
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On the territory of the church the memorial column of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 has been preserved. Unfortunately, the texts on the column have been erased.

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Photo 14 — Memorial column of the Constitution of May 3, 1791
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Church in Suboty

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The church in Subboty (formerly called Malaya Torokan) was built in 1797 by Basilian monks from the Tarakan monastery (now village Imienin).

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The description of the date of construction is available in “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1.” It is worth noting that in 1899 there were already 2 churches attached to this church from Imienin and Losinets. The first one was probably assigned because of the decline of the Basilian monastery after the Polotsk cathedral.

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Map 1 / Photo 1 — Church built in 1797
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After the Council of Polotsk this church passed to the Orthodox. By decree No. 14711 of the Holy Synod of December 23, 1897 the Saturday parish church of the Nativity of the Mother of God was renamed from Tarakanska.

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At the time of the II Rzeczpospolita (1919–1939) the church was active. This is confirmed by its marking on maps and photos of its current renovation.

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Photo 2 — Maps from 1919–1938
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Photo 3 — Church in 1919–1938 period
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Photo 4 — Description from “Collection of Historical and Cultural Monuments. Brest region”
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At present the church is in good condition and active. Unfortunately, there are no metric books for this church, and no records of Uniate or Orthodox ministers before 1918.

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Photo 5 — Church in 2018 (general view)
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Photo 6 — Church in 2018 (another view)
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Village Chydry

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The village was founded by immigrants from the village of Druzylowicze, Janow District. Initially, there were farmsteads on the site of the village. In the 1930s, it was part of the village of Lichowicze-2 and belonged to Poland.

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Map 1 — Polish WIG map
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In 1940, there were 57 households and 183 inhabitants, and a primary school operated in the village. The village was already part of the Belarus SSR.

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During the Great Patriotic War, there was a partisan camp near the village. In February 1944, the Nazis burned down 51 households and killed 13 civilians.

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In 1959, the farmstead was part of the Popina village council and had 205 residents. In 1970, there were 260 residents, and in 1995, there were 50 households and 116 residents.

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Village Cybki

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The village probably originated from a local farmstead, which can be seen on old maps.

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+ Schubert map 1832 +
Map 1 — Schubert map 1832
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Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846–1863
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The village of Cybki has been known since the 20th century. It was a settlement in the Ziolow volost, Kobryn povet, Grodno province. It had 106 inhabitants.

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Imienin gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 18 households and 90 inhabitants.

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Map 5 — German military map kdwr
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Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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From October 12, 1940, it was part of the Braszewicze village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region.

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Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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During the Great Patriotic War, 11 residents of the village died at the front. In 1949, the "Red Flag" collective farm was established, with I.J. Borysiuk as its chairman. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest region. In 1959, there were 172 residents, in 1970 — 164 residents, in 1995 — 40 households and 76 residents.

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Village of Debowo

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The village on the one-verst map of the 1860s:

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Map 1 — One-verst map (1860s)
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In written sources it was mentioned in 1905 as an estate in Osowiec parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. There were 8 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland, Drohiczyn district, Polesie Voivodeship.

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Map 2 — Polish WIG map
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From 1939 it was part of the BSSR, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. It was a farm with 147 inhabitants. From 15.01.1940 it was in Drohiczyn district, from 12.10.1940 in Starosielsk village council.

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Map 4 — German kdwr map
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During the Great Patriotic War 4 inhabitants of the village died, 1 at the front. Since 1954 it has been part of Brest region, since 1965 in Drogichin village council. In 1960 there was a farm with 71 inhabitants, in 1970 — 85 inhabitants, in 1995 — 21 yards and 48 inhabitants.

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Village Dymsk

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It is very likely that the village comes from the Dymski family, because on old maps the village is written “Dymskie”.

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The village is on the 1860 years map:

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Map 1 — One-verst map 1801–1845
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The village is marked on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846-1863:

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+ Military topographic map 1846-1863 +
Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846–1863
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In the RGIA archive it is mentioned that from October 24, 1864 to August 22, 1866 temporarily obliged peasants bought land in the Braszewicze-Dymskie estate.

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+ Sale document 1864-1866 +
Document 3 — RGIA, land purchase 1864–1866
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In “Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavic Countries, Volume VII”, there is a mention of the village:

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Document 4 — Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, Vol. VII
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One can notice an interesting description about the location of the settlement:

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In the middle of the state forest in a tract called Braszew Meadow, there are 2 burial mounds.

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There is a mention of the village Dymsk in Grodno NIAB, fond 82, op. 2.

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Document 5 — Grodno NIAB, fond 82, op. 2 (1911–1913)
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The village is often mentioned from the end of the 19th century. Until the middle of the 19th century in Perkowicze, and then in Braszewicze parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. In 1858 the village was in the center of the rural community in the Dymski estate of landlord Rusiecki, there were 27 revision souls (state villagers). In 1890 the Dymsk-Braszewicze estate, which belonged to Zigismund Rusiecki, had 170 dessiatinas of land, of which 123 were suitable. In 1905 there were 98 inhabitants in Dymsk-Braszewicze, and 18 inhabitants in the manor.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Braszewicze Commune, Drohiczyn District, Poleskie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 9 households and 83 inhabitants, 81 of whom were Orthodox. The village is on the Polish WIG map:

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Map 6 — Polish WIG map
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Since 1939 it was a part of the BSSR, Braszewicze parish, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 24 households and 130 inhabitants. Since 12.10.1940 in Braszewicze village council, Drohiczyn district. The village is on the map of RKKA:

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Map 7 — Red Army (RKKA) map
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The village on the German map kwdr:

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Map 8 — German KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War 5 inhabitants of the village died, 4 did not return from the front. Since 1954 in Brest region. In 1959 there were 67 inhabitants, in 1970 - 38 inhabitants, in 1995 - 7 yards and 14 inhabitants.

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Monetary remains of the Tolkovo property, 1805.

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In the document of 1805, “Remanenta pieniężne na włoscianach”, you can see a list of the inhabitants of the village of Tolkowo at that time.

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List of properties belonging to the Tolkowo folwark:

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Page 1: list of properties (part 1)
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Page 2: list of properties (part 2)
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Page 3: list of properties (part 3)
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Complaint of Klim Tymoszewicz - mayor of the Boroditskaya volost, May 23, 1631

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1631 May 23. Complaint of Klim Tymoszewicz, the mayor of the Boroditskaya volost, village of Torokan, on behalf of his master Rukowski – the court treasurer of the royal prince L., against the steward of the Bolot court of the Jesuits of Lutsk Stanislaw Stempowski and the mayor Artem Yaskowicz about the insults, harassment and robberies repeatedly committed by them against the royal subjects of the village of Rudna, Brest voivodeship. In Polish. Pp. 2937-8.

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Document: Complaint of Klim Tymoszewicz, May 23, 1631
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Village Jazwiny

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The settlement was mentioned in 1563 as a significant portion of military lands that were transferred to the Gruszewo Church of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. A church was built in 1750, which is described in the adjacent article.

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From 1795 it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn District of Slonim, from 1797 in Lithuanian, and from 1801 in Grodno Governorate. The village on the Schubert map of 1832:

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Map 1 — Schubert map (1832)
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The village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire from 1846-1863:

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Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858, the village was in the Osowiec Volost, Kobryn District, Grodno Governorate, the center of a rural community. The estate belonged to Stanislaw Wiktor Gawrylkiewicz and the Wincze estates of Nikolai Danowski and Anelia Korczycewa. There were 186 inspectors' souls (state peasants). In RGIA, F. 577, Op. 10, D. 927, with the last dates being December 28, 1865, to October 31, 1872, there is a mention of the village's shaney:

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In 1890, the village's peasants owned 249 dessiatinas of land, of which 135 were suitable for cultivation. In 1905, the population was 324. The village on the one-verst map:

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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Osowiec Gmina, Kobryn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, it had 46 households and 223 residents. An underground cell of the Communist Party of Belarus (CPZB) was active in the village. In 1930, it had 54 households. The village on the German military map KDWR:

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Map 5 — German KDWR map
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From December 4, 1940, it was part of the Belarus SSR, in the Drohiczyn District, Pinsk Oblast. From January 15, 1940, in the Drohiczyn District, and from October 12, 1940, in the Osowiec Village Council, there were 65 households and 335 residents. The "Red Flag" collective farm was established. The village on the Red Army map:

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Twelve village residents died during the Great Patriotic War, 10 at the front. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest Region. In 1960, there were 319 residents. In 1970, there were 376 residents; in 1995, there were 37 households and 78 residents.

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Jozef Fischer

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Jozef Fischer was born in 1840 in Chomsk in a Jewish family.

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It is not known exactly when his family moved to Krakow. In adulthood he became the owner of a printing house, was a singer and a money-changer. For many years he served as chancellor at the Reform Templum synagogue in Krakow on Med Street. He also taught singing. He died in 1914 in Krakow.

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Village Jozefin

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The settlement appears on maps from approximately 1846 to 1863 years, on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire:

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Map 1 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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It was mentioned in written sources in 1858 as an estate belonging to Friedrich Küno, in the Drohiczyn volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province. In 1890, the Jozefin-Zamanilow estate belonged to landowner Michal Arcybaszew (Artibashev), 481 dessiatines of land. In the RGIA archive, F. 577, Op. 10, D. 986, with the extreme dates being September 27, 1871 - February 29, 1872, there is a mention of our village:

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In 1905, the estate had a population of 18. The village on the one-verst map:

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It's worth noting the first entry in the NIABGr f.24 op.15 d.715, for June 4, 1913 - August 14, 1913:

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+ Case concerning changes to census records in connection with the relocation of peasants Fedor and Ignatii Szugaev from the village of Gorozdycze to the village of Jozefin, Kobryn District (1st Section, 4th Desk). +
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Also in the NIABGr, f.24, op.15, d.2754, for January 15, 1914 - May 8, 1915:

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+ Case concerning amendments to the tax books of the Treasury Chamber in connection with the sale of land from the Jozefin estate in Kobryn district (2nd section, 2nd table) to peasants Taras Janczyk, Tit Wojtowicz, and others. +
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From 1921 to 1939, the Jozefin colony was part of Poland, in the Drohiczyn gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie voivodeship. In 1921, it had 21 households and 47 residents. The village on the German military map kdwr:

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Map 5 — German KDWR map
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From December 4, 1940, in the Dohiczyn District, and from October 12, 1949, in the Lipniki Village Council, with 25 households and 128 residents. In 1960, 157 residents; since 1965, in the Drohizyn Village Council. In 1970, there were 154 residents; in 1995, 37 households and 83 residents.

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Village of Kokorica

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+ According to local legend, two men named Zinowij and Protas were exiled to the local swamps for some offense. The men settled on an island in the swamp, took root here and gave birth to the Zinowicze and Protasewicze surnames. These two surnames are still the most common in the village. Only in the post-war years, when teachers and other specialists were sent to work in the village, ethnic diversity was introduced here. +
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From written sources Kokorica is mentioned in 1558, it is mentioned in the affirmative charter of Zygimont I the Old to Marcin Szyrma for the ownership of the Kokorczynski court.

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From 1795 it was a part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The settlement of Kokorica was shown on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

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Map 2 — Military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863)
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In 1858 the village was in Bezdziez volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province. There were 165 revision souls (state villagers). The village is on the map:

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Map 3 — One-verst map
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Map 4 — Three-verst map
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In 1905 there were 386 inhabitants, including the villages Kokorica Wielka - 218 inhabitants, Kokorica Mala - 108 inhabitants, Kokorica-Gerod - 60 inhabitants.

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From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Bezdziez Commune, Drohiczyn District, Poleskie Voivodeship. In 1921 the village had 71 yards and 446 inhabitants, of whom 443 were Orthodox Christians. The village is on the Polish map WIG:

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From 04.12.1939 in the BSSR, the village was part of Bezdziez parish. There were 89 households and 553 inhabitants, there was an elementary school. From 15.01.1940 in Drohichyn district, Pinsk region, from 12.10.1949 in Bezdezh village council. The village is located 2 km from Sporow lake and was originally formed on a relatively dry area among the lowland Pole swamps. Within a radius of 7 km there are scattered so-called farmsteads, which together make up the village of Kokoryca. In times of floods the locals traveled between the farmsteads only by boat. The village on the Red Army map:

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Map 7 — German KDWR map
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During the Great Patriotic War 21 inhabitants of the village died, 19 did not return from the front. Since 1954 in Brest region. In 1970 the village had 701 inhabitants, in 1995 - 127 yards and 300 inhabitants. I will also attach some photos from 2020-2024 from wikipedia:

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Photo 8 — Village view (2020–2024)
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Photo 9 — Village view (2020–2024)
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Photo 10 — Village view (2020–2024)
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Kazimir Gabriel Vitejko from Braszewicz, 1639

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1639, December 1 (9). Complaint by Karol Januszewicz and his wife Katerina Nevelska to the Vilna chapter about a robbery attack by Kazimir Gabriel Viteik (Vileika?), administrator of the chapter estate of Braszewicz in Brest voivodeship, on the Valavka and Kartovinka (Karlovitska) forests belonging to them, the Januszewiczes, and the cutting of construction timber. In Polish. Pp. 3001–3003.

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Document of 1639 — Complaint against Kazimir Gabriel Vitejko
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Mikołaj Rapienczuk

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In the newspaper “Echo”, 1931, Lodz, there is an entry about a resident of the village of Tolkowo, a 16 year old shepherd Mikołaj Rapienczuk from the village of Tolkowo. He ruined the railroad for fun. The train ran over and got stuck on an iron hook sticking out of the rails. None of the passengers were injured.

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Sale of Braszewicze and Tolkowo manor in 1636

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In 1636, Jonas Karol Naruszewicz and his wife Christina sold the Braszewicze manor and the Tolkowo estate for 25,000 zlotys (gold?) to Albrecht Stanisław Radziwiłł, Chancellor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The deed of sale was submitted to the Pinsk Land Court, a contract was drawn up, the consent of his wife Krystyna Naruszewicz to the sale was obtained, and an inventory of the property was made.

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Document of the sale of Braszewicze and Tolkowo, 1636
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Debts of peasants of Tolkowo estate to tenant Orka Lejzerowicz in 1825

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Fund of the Vilnius Chapter, fund 43, church funds, Braszewicze.
+ List of debts of peasants of the Tolkowo estate to the tenant Orka Lejzerowicz.

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The list mentions such families/names as: Jakimuk, Niczyporczyk, Lachowicz, Lojczyc, Kataszuk, Czypura, Jarocewicz, Ryzuk, Dowgun, Konowalczyk, Olerzko, Zuhulicz.

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A list of the Tolkowo economist Tomasz Bujnicki in 1828

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Vilnius Chapter Fund, fund 43, church funds, Braszewicze.
+ List of 1828, economist of Tolkowo, Tomasz Bujnicki.
+ The steward of the Braszewicze estate Michal Bujnicki received 45 rubles for the previous year's salary.

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Document: List of the economist Tomasz Bujnicki, 1828
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Protestant Church of ECB (Baptists) in Tolkovo

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At present, it is not known who brought Protestantism to the village of Tolkovo or who the first missionaries were. However, it is very likely connected with the Poleshuks (local Polesian people) who, starting from the last years of the Russian Empire, sought a better life and moved to Western Europe, many to the United States. Many settled permanently in new countries, while some returned home – and with them came the first Protestants (both missionaries and newly converted believers). Protestantism spread very quickly across Polesia. This article examines the village of Tolkovo.

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Between 1919 and 1925, there was already a prayer house in Tolkovo. It was located opposite the school, in an alley at the turn to “Zaklunia”.

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Site of the old ECB prayer house
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This prayer house was provided to the Baptist believers by Ivan Sokovich. It was an ordinary residential building, quite tall for its time, with one central entrance and four large windows. According to the recollections of Vera Grinevich, a resident of Tolkovo.

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Photograph of the ECB church members in Tolkovo in the 1930s
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This prayer house existed until the end of World War II. Towards the end of the war, when the communist regime was firmly established, partisans destroyed the prayer house, dismantling it piece by piece. Ivan Sokovich received over 20 years in prison for missionary work. He died in the early 1980s.

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During Soviet times, the ECB community held services in secret from the state. As Klavdia Zhuruk and Vera Grinevich recall, from the late 1960s to the early 1970s, they held services in the ordinary homes of Tolkovo residents, for which they often received large fines from the police. Services were held at the homes of:

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With the dissolution of the USSR, freedom of speech returned. Feodosiy Ryzhuk died and bequeathed his house to the community for holding services. The pastor in Tolkovo became Nikolai Ryzhuk, the son of Feodosiy.

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Location of the new ECB prayer house
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Currently, the prayer house is in good condition. Services are not held there because the village of Tolkovo has few inhabitants, most of whom are Orthodox. There is almost no young people – they have all moved to the cities. At the time of writing (12 December 2019), Nikolai Ryzhuk was alive and feeling well at the age of 86.

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Rent a tavern in Tolkovo village 1835 year

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Wilno Chapter Fund, Fund 43 (church funds), Braszewicze.

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Letter of 1835 from the tenant of the Tolkowskej tavern to the Wilno Chapter regarding the lease, describing by year when and what he owned, where he lived and for how many years.

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List of the economist of the Tolkowo estate in 1820

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Fund of the Wilno Chapter, fund 43, church funds, Braszewicze.

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Receipt of 1820 of Bartolomej Siwruk, the economist of the Tolkowo estate of Braszewicze, that he received from the treasury of the Wilno Chapter all the remuneration due to him and an invoice written in his name.

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Complaint against serfs of Tolkovo village in 1639

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Vilnius Chapter Fund. F43, Church funds. Borodzicze, Braszewicze voivodeship, Vilna Chapter.

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Landowner Pawel Dymski:
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Adam Niczyporczuk

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In the Yearbook of Village Sociology, 1938 (ROCZNIKI SOCJOLOGII WSI, 1938), Adam Niczyporczyk from the village of Tolkowo, Kobryn County, Polesie Voivodeship is mentioned. He took 2nd place in the competition and won a scholarship to the university of his choice in the field of agriculture. The award is 130 PLN or will be given in cash in the amount of 75 PLN.

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Adam Niczyporczuk – 2nd place, scholarship winner, 1938
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