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Village Pierwomajsk

It is mentioned in written sources around 1460, under the name of Przyszychwosty, in the Kobryn Principality, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Simeon Romanowicz recorded the village to his boyar Danila. In 1509, the record was confirmed by his son, Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund I the Old. In the second half of the 16th century, the estate was populated by serfs and taxed peasants. In 1589, the village was located in the Brest County of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and was under the authority of the gentry.

Village Popina

Popina is mentioned in 1522 in a deed of gift from Grand Duke Sigismund I the Old of Lithuania to Ivan Palazowicz for access to the royal forest. In “Inventory of Documents of the Wilno Central Archive of Ancient Records. Issue X,” March 1, 1580. There is a record of the sale of Popina by Wojny Wasilewicz Lunewski and part of the lands of his brother Michal Wasilewicz Lunewski. The buyer was Bogdan Jackiewicz Czernewski.

Village Podlesie

The village on Schubert’s map from 1826-1840 years: Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire from 1846-1863 years: In 1858, the village was located in the Antopol volost, Kobryn uyezd, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire. The village was the center of a rural community, part of the Antopol estate of Kazimir Arzorowski, and had 233 registered souls (state peasants). In 1890, it was a village belonging to the same estate of Sofia von Brewern.