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Village Raszyn

Written sources mention a church in 1588, 1634, and 1640 (Information from the book Cities and Villages of Belarus). From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district of the Slonim province, from 1797 in the Lithuanian province, and from 1801 in the Grodno province. The village on Schubert’s map from 1826-1840, as we can see on this map and subsequent ones, had two settlements, Raszyn (Rasen) Stary and Nowy, and towards the end of the 1900s, they merged into one village on the site of Stary Raszyn.

Village Rozne

Our farms and islands, described below, on the site of which the village of Rozne was established. Military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863: On the one-verst map: On the three-verst map: On the Polish WIG map: Also on the German kdwr map from 1920-1923: The village appeared in 1956-58 in connection with the drainage of swamps and the merger of the hamlets of Zawajewie, Kozie, Poliana, Rozne, Towscina, Czeremsz, and others.

Village Perespa

It is mentioned in written sources as a village in 1663, in the Pinsk district, Brest province, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It belonged to the sub-chamberlain of the Pinsk district, royal captain Jan Karol Dolski. At the end of the 18th century, the village was part of the Chomsk county. According to the 1793 inventory, there were 11 households and 64 inhabitants in the village. From 1791, it was part of the Kobryn County.