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Village Seliszcze

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.

Village Swaryn

Svarin is mentioned in the 16th century as a village called Swaryczewicze in the Pinsk district of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1531, it was mentioned in a deed of gift to Queen Bona. In “Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavic Countries,” volume 12, there is information about the Uperinets tract, taken from the 16th-century book “Revision of Pushch,” published by Wil. Arch. Kom., 10-11.

Village Swieklicze

The village is mentioned in written sources in 1766 (information from “Cities and villages of Belarus”, indicating this date). From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district of Slonim, from 1797 in Lithuania, and from 1801 in the Grodno province. The village on Schubert’s map from 1826-1840: Also on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863: In 1858, the village was in the Antopol volost, belonged to the Antopol estate of Count Kazimir Orzorowski, was the center of the rural community, and had 123 registered souls (state peasants).