The village was established in 1960 during the liquidation of farmsteads and other small settlements. The first settlers were residents of the Rowiny colony (in 1959 in the Starosielsk village council). In 1970, there were 183 residents in the Drohiczyn village council. In 1995, there were 86 households and 251 residents.
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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.