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Village Pace

The village on Schubert’s map for 1826-1840: Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-163: In 1858, the village was located in the Imienin volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province, Russian Empire. As part of the Brody rural community, it had 103 revisory souls (state peasants), formerly subjects of the Torokanie monastery. In 1905, there were 238 inhabitants. The village on the one-verst map: Also on the three-verst map:

Village Pierwomajsk

It is mentioned in written sources around 1460, under the name of Przyszychwosty, in the Kobryn Principality, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Simeon Romanowicz recorded the village to his boyar Danila. In 1509, the record was confirmed by his son, Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund I the Old. In the second half of the 16th century, the estate was populated by serfs and taxed peasants. In 1589, the village was located in the Brest County of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and was under the authority of the gentry.

Village Popina

Popina is mentioned in 1522 in a deed of gift from Grand Duke Sigismund I the Old of Lithuania to Ivan Palazowicz for access to the royal forest. In “Inventory of Documents of the Wilno Central Archive of Ancient Records. Issue X,” March 1, 1580. There is a record of the sale of Popina by Wojny Wasilewicz Lunewski and part of the lands of his brother Michal Wasilewicz Lunewski. The buyer was Bogdan Jackiewicz Czernewski.