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Bielinek

The first record of Bielinek can be considered the 1st half of the 16th century, in 1546 in the description of the borders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crown of Poland under the name Belin Second. From 1795 in the Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. In 1858 it was a part of Osowiec volost, Kobryn district, the center of Belinsk village community. At that time there were 118 surveyed souls (with part of Osowiec village), state villagers.

Schubert’s three-quarter map:

tryhwiorstka shuberta1866-1867

In 1890 the village community had 486 dessiatinas of land, of which 210 were usable. In 1905, Bielinek had 306 residents, Bielinek State Guard had 12 residents.

One-verse map:

odnoverstka

In 1919 the village had a functioning elementary Ukrainian school with 38 pupils, the teacher was P. Narenko. In 1926, the villagers appealed to the Polish Ministry of Education with a request to establish a Ukrainian school in the village. From 1921 to 1939. Bielinek was located in the Osowiec Commune, Drohiczyn County, Poleskie Voivodeship, Poland. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period Belarusians made up 90.1%, Poles - 9.9%. The confessional composition of the population was dominated by Orthodox Christians 95.3%.

WIG map:

WIG

In 1921, the village had 57 yards, 344 inhabitants, of whom 328 were of the Orthodox faith. From 1939 in BSSR, from 04.12.1940 in Osowiec parish, Drohiczy district, Pinsk region. From 12.10.1940 in Belinski village council, Drohiczyn district. The village had 69 households, 325 inhabitants. During the Great Patriotic War it was burnt down by Nazi invaders. During the war 11 inhabitants died, 8 of them at the front.

RKKA map:

RKKA

Since 1954 Bielinek is in Brest region, since 1959 in Osowiec village council. In 1960 the village had 603 inhabitants, in 1970 - 377 inhabitants, in 1995 there were 73 yards and 208 inhabitants.

References and information used in the material:

  • etomesto.ru
  • globustut.by
  • radzima.net
  • wikipedia.org