The village of Zalawie is marked on the single page map from the beginning of 1870 and later: It is also worth noting that it was a sparsely populated settlement, possibly a volvarek. Near it there is a tract of land called Zalawie. The tract is also marked on the map of the 1/2 wurst, which was published in the 1880s and later: In 1930 it was part of Poland, Osowiec parish, Drohiczyn district, Poleskie voivodeship.

The village is known from written sources since the 16th century. In the 2nd half of the 16th century it was included in the Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship, Greath Duchy of Lithuania. In 1783 the village was a part of Bezdziez manor (key). From 1795 in the Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village is on the 1865 one-turn map: The village is marked on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

In written sources from the 16th c. In 1783 it was mentioned as a part of Braszewicze parish, a Catholic church authority, belonged to Braszewicze Roman Catholic parish. From 1795 it was a part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 in Grodno province. The village is on the map of 1860: The village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863: