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.

The village on Schubert’s map from 1826-1840 years: Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire from 1846-1863 years: In 1858, the village was located in the Antopol volost, Kobryn uyezd, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire. The village was the center of a rural community, part of the Antopol estate of Kazimir Arzorowski, and had 233 registered souls (state peasants). In 1890, it was a village belonging to the same estate of Sofia von Brewern.

Our village was originally formed from the Burmaki farmstead, which was located above the village of Okropne. It is marked on Schubert’s map from 1826-1840: The village on the map of Odnoverstka: On the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863, Burmaki, which is higher up on the map, was already named Okropne. The village on the three-verst map: In the RGIA archive, F. 1344 Op. 142 D. 1475, extreme dates December 11, 1899.