The church in Subboty (formerly called Malaya Torokan) was built in 1797 by Basilian monks from the Tarakan monastery (now v. Imienin). The description of the date of construction is available in “Descriptions of churches and parishes. Grodno Orthodox Church Calendar. Volume 1.” It is worth noting that in 1899 there were already 2 churches attached to this church from Imienin and Losinets. The first one was probably assigned because of the decline of the Basilian monastery after the Polotsk cathedral.

David Barnard Steinman was an American bridge engineer. According to one version, he was born on June 11, 1886 in Chomsk, Drohiczynski district, in a Jewish family. At the age of 4 years migrated to the United States with his family. According to the second version David was born already in New York, when his family was already living in the United States. The Steinmaen family lived in Chomsk, Drohiczynski uyezd, Grodno province and were Jews.

The settlement is mentioned at different times under different names - Gorki, Gurka, Górka. Our village is marked on the map of 1832 under the name “Gorka”. There is also a mention of Gorki on the Schubert maps of 1864-1887. Schubert cards 1864-1887 On Russian maps from the early 20th century, the village is called Gurka. In a document from 1905, about the population of the Russian Empire with more than 500 inhabitants, Gurki is mentioned with a total population of 949 people, 470 males, 479 females.