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.

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. 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 Szubert’s map of 1826-1840: It is also marked on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863: In 1858 the village was the center of the rural community in Chomsy parish, Kobrin district, Grodno province, part of the Chomsk estate of the Puslowski.

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.