According to written sources the village was already in the 16th century, it was mentioned in 1783. 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): On the tenta-turn map (1816-1840): On the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1843-1863: In 1858 the village was the center of the rural community in Braszeiwcze parish, Kobryn district.

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. 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. Also these names are present on the three-quarter map:

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: On the three-turn map we can already see that the folfark Latoryn appears: In 1905 there is a mention of the folwark Latoryn in Chomsk parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province, there were 8 inhabitants. 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.