Our village was originally formed from the Burmaki farmstead, which was located above the village of Okropne. It is marked on Schubert’s map from 1826-1840:

The village on the map of Odnoverstka:

On the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863, Burmaki, which is higher up on the map, was already named Okropne.

The village on the three-verst map:

In the RGIA archive, F. 1344 Op. 142 D. 1475, extreme dates December 11, 1899. There is a mention of our village:

Second (peasant) department of the Senate. Report of the Grodno governor dated December 14, 1898, No. 13207, with a complaint from the representative of the peasants of the village of Okropno, Nikifor Wakulin, regarding the seizure of Nazalia Maruszko garden.

In 1907, the site of the folwark and the villages of Okropno and Barmaki, which were part of the Chomsk volost, Kobryn County, Grodno Province, was settled by immigrants from the Bialowieza forest region.

From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Drohiczyn County, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, the village had 35 households and 68 inhabitants in the Chomsk gmina. The village on the Polish WIG map:

From December 4, 1939, it was part of the BSSR, in the Drohiczyn County, Pinsk Region, with 38 households and 209 inhabitants, and a primary school. From January 15, 1940, it was in the Drohiczyn District, and from October 12, 1940, in the Niemierza Village Council. The village on the Red Army map:

The village on the German kdwr map:

During the Great Patriotic War, 24 residents of the village were killed and 21 did not return from the front. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest region. In 1960, the village had 163 residents, and in 1970, 160 residents. In 1976, Okropno and Burmaki were included in the village. In 1995, there were 146 households and 380 residents.

References and materials used in the post:

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