According to local legend, two men named Zinowij and Protas were exiled to the local swamps for some offense. The men settled on an island in the swamp, took root here and gave birth to the Zinowicze and Protasewicze surnames. These two surnames are still the most common in the village. Only in the post-war years, when teachers and other specialists were sent to work in the village, ethnic diversity was introduced here.

From written sources Kokorica is mentioned in 1558, it is mentioned in the affirmative charter of Zygimont I the Old to Marcin Szyrma for the ownership of the Kokorczynski court.

From 1795 it was a part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The settlement of Kokorica was shown on Schubert’s map of 1826-1840:

Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

In 1858 the village was in Bezdziez volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province. There were 165 revision souls (state villagers). The village is on the map:

The village on the map in triple layout:

In 1905 there were 386 inhabitants, including the villages Kokorica Wielka - 218 inhabitants, Kokorica Mala - 108 inhabitants, Kokorica-Gerod - 60 inhabitants.

From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Bezdziez Commune, Drohiczyn District, Poleskie Voivodeship. In 1921 the village had 71 yards and 446 inhabitants, of whom 443 were Orthodox Christians. The village is on the Polish map WIG:

From 04.12.1939 in the BSSR, the village was part of Bezdziez parish. There were 89 households and 553 inhabitants, there was an elementary school. From 15.01.1940 in Drohichyn district, Pinsk region, from 12.10.1949 in Bezdezh village council. The village is located 2 km from Sporow lake and was originally formed on a relatively dry area among the lowland Pole swamps. Within a radius of 7 km there are scattered so-called farmsteads, which together make up the village of Kokoryca. In times of floods the locals traveled between the farmsteads only by boat. The village on the Red Army map:

The village on the German map kdwr:

During the Great Patriotic War 21 inhabitants of the village died, 19 did not return from the front. Since 1954 in Brest region. In 1970 the village had 701 inhabitants, in 1995 - 127 yards and 300 inhabitants. I will also attach some photos from 2020-2024 from wikipedia:

Links and materials used in the post:

• https://ru.wikipedia.org
• Cities and villages of Belarus, Brest region
• etomest.ru