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. 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. On the military topographical map of the Russian Empire for the years 1846-1863 we can already see New and Old Raszyn.

In written sources the village was mentioned in 1783 in the inventory of Drobacki Key, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. 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: Also the village on the 1846-1863 military topographic map of the Russian Empire: In 1858 the center of the village community in Bezdziez volost. There were 285 revision souls (state villagers).

Karlowicze is mentioned in 1554 as a courtyard belonging to the Kiezgajl family, from 1558 to the Vilna chapter. In 1558 in the invetar of the Borodino parish Karlowicze is mentioned: “land … of that Lithuanian village”, from which they gave ‘three buckets of honey and all other payments’. In 1588 there were 3 houses in the village, which paid a tax of 3 kapa and 1 grosz Lithuanian.