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Village Nowosiolki

Our village is not marked on Schubert’s map from 1826-1840; instead, there is an empty swamp in its place:

szubert 1826-1840

Our village is already marked on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire from 1846-1863:

WTKRI 1846-1863

In 1858, the village was part of the Osipowicze rural community, in the Antopol volost, Kobryn povet, Grodno province. There were 73 revisory souls (state peasants). In 1905, the village had 272 inhabitants. The village on the katya odnoverstka:

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The village on the three-verst map:

3-ka

From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland and had 13 households and 81 inhabitants. In the 1930s, there were 39 households and a primary school. The village on the Polish WIG map:

WIG

From 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR. From January 15, 1940, it was in the Antopol District, Brest Region. From October 12, 1940, it was in the Osipowicze Village Council. In 1941, there were 41 households and 166 inhabitants. The village on the Red Army map:

RKKA

Also on the non-German kdwr map:

kdwr

During the Great Patriotic War, the German occupiers completely burned down the village, killed 13 villagers, and 5 villagers died at the front. Since 1954, it has been part of the Holowczyce village council, and since 1959, it has been part of the Drohiczyn district, Brest region. In 1960, there were 169 residents, in 1970, there were 272 residents, and in 1995, there were 66 households and 144 residents.

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