Village Czerniewicze
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The village has been known in written sources since the 15th century. In the first half of the 15th century, the village in the Kobryn volost, Kobrin principality, belonged to Prince Simeon Romanowicz. After 1435, it was part of the economic volosts of the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Zygimont soon Keijstut. In the 16th century, it was part of the Borodycze volost, Kobryn district, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1558, there were 8 houses, and the income from the village was 6 kopecks and 1 Lithuanian groschen. From 1554, it belonged to Walerian Protasewicz, Bishop of Lutsk and Brest, who in 1559 registered the Borodycze volost with the Wilno Chapter. The peasants were subject to taxation and paid a tax of 87 Lithuanian groschen (1580). At the beginning of the 1780s, the village was in the Braszewicze volost, and some of its inhabitants were called “boyars.”
From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 in the Lithuanian district, and from 1801 in the Grodno province. In 1858, the village was part of the Podreck rural community in the Imienin volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province. There were 109 revisor souls (state peasants) who were subjects of the Torokany monastery. The village on Schubert’s map from 1832:
Also on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:
RGIA, F. 577 Op. 10 D. 956 contains a record of our village, with the latest dates being December 14, 1864. - October 23, 1872:
The case of the redemption of land plots from K.A. Ziolkowsky estate in Czerniewicze by temporarily obligated peasants. (Grodno Province) December 14, 1864 - October 23, 1872.
In 1905, the village had 420 inhabitants. The village on the one-verst map:
Also on the three-verst map:
From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland. The village was located in the Chomsk commune, Drohiczyn district, Polesie province. In 1921, there were 81 households and 403 inhabitants. In terms of ethnic composition, Belarusians made up 98.8% of the population at that time, while Jews made up 1.2%. Orthodox Christians predominated in the religious composition of the population (98.8%). The village on the German map kdwr:
Also on the Polish map WIG:
Since 1939, it has been part of the BSSR, in the Drohiczyn County, Pinsk Region, a village in the Chomsk District. There were 434 inhabitants. Since October 12, 1940, it has been part of the Zabierz village council, Drohiczyn district. The village on the Red Army map:
During the Great Patriotic War, 15 inhabitants of the village were killed. Since 1954, it has been part of the Chomsk village council, Drohiczyn district, Brest region. In 1959, there were 289 inhabitants, in 1970, in the Nemerezhansky village council, there were 269 inhabitants, and in 1995, there were 45 households and 102 inhabitants.
References and materials used in the post:
- https://ru.wikipedia.org
- Cities and villages of Belarus, Brest Region
- etomesto.ru