The Great Forest is mentioned in 1546, in the description of the southern borders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the Crown of Poland, the tract of the Great Forest on the farmland of Belin village, Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship. The Great Forest is shown on the map of 1665, where we can see that it extends to the borders of today’s Grodno region, Belarus. On the map of 1740, the tract is also present, but a little smaller.

The village was first mentioned in 1625 as Rudkowicze manor and courtyard, Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the property of Jerzy Terlecki. From 1795 it was part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village was shown on the military topographical map of the Russian Empire in 1846-1863: In 1858 the village was a part of Wolowiel rural municipality and volost, in Kobryn district.

The village of Wólka was first mentioned in the 2nd half of the 17th century as a village in the Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship. The village belonged to the sub-county of the Pinsk district, of the royal captain Jan Karol Dolski, as part of the Chomsk estate. It was mentioned in 1663, in connection with the “raid” and robbery by soldiers of the choir of the Mozyr sub-county of Abuchowicz.