As we can see on the map, there is nothing on the place of today’s village. But on the single-sheet map we can already see a settlement: From 1921 to 1939 as part of Poland, the village is marked on the WIG map: It was part of the Lelików commune of Kamien-Koszyrski district, had 18 households. Since 1939 it was a part of BSSR. From 15.01.1940 in Dywyn district, Brest region, from 12.

The village of Halik is probably very closely connected with the history of the Dnieper-Bugs Canal, which in its time helped the settlement to grow into a village. The village of Halik is marked on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire of 1846-1863: From written sources, the village is mentioned in 1858, Wolowiel volost, part of the Jamniki rural community, Kobryn district, Grodno province. It was part of the Ludwinowo estate of the landowner Kalikst Orzeszko, and there were 26 revision souls (state villagers) in the village.

The Great Forest is mentioned in 1546, in the description of the southern borders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the Crown of Poland, the tract of the Great Forest on the farmland of Belin village, Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship. The Great Forest is shown on the map of 1665, where we can see that it extends to the borders of today’s Grodno region, Belarus. On the map of 1740, the tract is also present, but a little smaller.