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Village Jazwiny

The settlement was mentioned in 1563 as a significant portion of military lands that were transferred to the Gruszewo Church of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. A church was built in 1750, which is described in the adjacent article. From 1795 it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn District of Slonim, from 1797 in Lithuanian, and from 1801 in Grodno Governorate. The village on the Schubert map of 1832:

Village Jozefin

The settlement appears on maps from approximately 1846 to 1863 years, on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire: It was mentioned in written sources in 1858 as an estate belonging to Friedrich Küno, in the Drohiczyn volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province. In 1890, the Jozefin-Zamanilow estate belonged to landowner Michal Arcybaszew (Artibashev), 481 dessiatines of land. In the RGIA archive, F. 577, Op. 10, D. 986, with the extreme dates being September 27, 1871 - February 29, 1872, there is a mention of our village:

Village Czerniewicze

The village has been known in written sources since the 15th century. In the first half of the 15th century, the village in the Kobryn volost, Kobrin principality, belonged to Prince Simeon Romanowicz. After 1435, it was part of the economic volosts of the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Zygimont soon Keijstut. In the 16th century, it was part of the Borodycze volost, Kobryn district, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1558, there were 8 houses, and the income from the village was 6 kopecks and 1 Lithuanian groschen.