The village is mentioned in 1778 in the Drohiczyn County, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Since 1795, it has been part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn County of the Slonim Province, since 1797 in the Lithuanian Province, and since 1801 in the Grodno Province. The village on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846-1863: In 1858, the village, a suburb of the town of Drohiczyn, in the Drohiczyn volost, Kobryn district, had 127 inhabitants.

It has been known in written sources since the 15th century as a settlement in the Zditow volost, Kobryn principality, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1452, Grand Duke of Lithuania Kazimir Jagailowicz transferred part of the volost to Pinsk Prince Yuri Siemenowicz: Simonovskoe empty courtyard In the 16th century, it was part of the Borodycze volost, which in 1554 belonged to the Kezgail family. In 1554, Stanislav Kezgail, the chamberlain of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, sold the volost and the villages of this volost, including Symonowicze, to Valeryan Protosewicz, the bishop of Lutsk and Brest, due to debts.

The Russian State Historical Archive has a record about the village of Seliszcze. F. 379 Op. 4 D. 352, dates: May 4, 1814 - June 26, 1814: Case concerning the allocation of land to peasants in the village of Seliszcze. This fund contains information about state forests, forestry, and a description of landowners' lands in the Western Region. It is possible that this record refers to our village. This would be logical, since many settlements appeared thanks to the Dnieper-Bug Canal.