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Village Jazwiny

The settlement was mentioned in 1563 as a significant portion of military lands that were transferred to the Gruszewo Church of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. A church was built in 1750, which is described in the adjacent article.

From 1795 it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn District of Slonim, from 1797 in Lithuanian, and from 1801 in Grodno Governorate. The village on the Schubert map of 1832:

Szubert 1832

The village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire from 1846-1863:

WTKRI 1846-1863

In 1858, the village was in the Osowiec Volost, Kobryn District, Grodno Governorate, the center of a rural community. The estate belonged to Stanislaw Wiktor Gawrylkiewicz and the Wincze estates of Nikolai Danowski and Anelia Korczycewa. There were 186 inspectors' souls (state peasants). In RIGA, F. 577, Op. 10, D. 927, with the last dates being December 28, 1865, to October 31, 1872, there is a mention of the village’s shaney:

Case concerning the redemption of land allotments by temporarily obligated peasants from N.I. Danowski in the village of Jazwiny. (Grodno Province), December 28, 1865 - October 31, 1872.

In 1890, the village’s peasants owned 249 dessiatinas of land, of which 135 were suitable for cultivation. In 1905, the population was 324. The village on the one-verst map:

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Also on the three-verst map:

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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Osowiec Gmina, Kobryn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, it had 46 households and 223 residents. An underground cell of the Communist Party of Belarus (CPZB) was active in the village. In 1930, it had 54 households. The village on the German military map KDWR:

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Also on the Polish map WIG:

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From December 4, 1940, it was part of the Belarus SSR, in the Drohiczyn District, Pinsk Oblast. From January 15, 1940, in the Drohiczyn District, and from October 12, 1940, in the Osowiec Village Council, there were 65 households and 335 residents. The “Red Flag” collective farm was established. The village on the Red Army map:

RKKA

Twelve village residents died during the Great Patriotic War, 10 at the front. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest Region. In 1960, there were 319 residents. In 1970, there were 376 residents; in 1995, there were 37 households and 78 residents.

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