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<h1>Village Zawiersze</h1>
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<strong>Date:</strong> 2025-06-10 |
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<p>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.</p>
<p>From 1795 in the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village is on the map of 1860:</p>
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<img src="/image/zawiersze/1.png"
alt="One-verst map 1801-1845"
title="Zawiersze on 1860 map">
<figcaption>One-verst map, 1801–1845</figcaption>
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<p>The village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846-1863:</p>
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<img src="/image/zawiersze/2.png"
alt="Military topographic map 1846-1863"
title="Russian Empire military map">
<figcaption>Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846–1863</figcaption>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>On the three-verst map of 1865:</p>
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<img src="/image/zawiersze/3.png"
alt="Three-verst map 1865"
title="Three-verst map">
<figcaption>Three-verst map, 1865</figcaption>
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<p>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.</p>
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<img src="/image/zawiersze/4.png"
alt="Public school in Zawiersze"
title="School during II RP">
<figcaption>Public school, interwar period</figcaption>
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<p>The village is on Polish WIG maps:</p>
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<img src="/image/zawiersze/5.png"
alt="Polish WIG map of Zawiersze"
title="WIG map">
<figcaption>Polish WIG map</figcaption>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>The village on the Red Army map:</p>
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<img src="/image/zawiersze/6.png"
alt="Red Army map of Zawiersze"
title="RKKA map">
<figcaption>Red Army (RKKA) map</figcaption>
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<p>The village on the German map kdwr:</p>
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<img src="/image/zawiersze/7.png"
alt="German military map kdwr"
title="German kdwr map">
<figcaption>German military map (kdwr)</figcaption>
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<p>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.</p>
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<h2>References and materials used in the post</h2>
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<li><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org" target="_blank">https://ru.wikipedia.org</a></li>
<li>Cities and villages of Belarus, Brest region</li>
<li><a href="https://etomesto.ru" target="_blank">etomesto.ru</a></li>
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