In the 15th century, Perkowicze belonged to the Turów family. Later, it belonged to the Wojtkowicz family, which was confirmed, among others, by King Sigismund the Old in a privilege granted to Matwiej Wojtkowicz in 1538.

The village is mentioned at the end of the 15th and in the first half of the 16th century as part of the Zditowo volost, Troki Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1494, it is mentioned in a letter from Grand Duke Aleksander of Lithuania, which confirms the rights of the Andrejewicz family to own their estates in the Pinsk Principality. In 1580, the estate belonged to Mihail Bogowitowicz-Kozieradski, and in 1596, it was purchased by Bishop Kirill Terlecki, a well-known figure of the Union of Brest. Who built here “a stately and fortified manor house made of old wood.” It was largely destroyed during the Cossack or Swedish wars. Administratively, Perkowicze belonged to the Brest Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Until the middle of the 17th century, it was part of the Braszewicze Key in the Pinsk County, Brest County, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. From 1791, it was part of the Kobryn County. At that time, Perkowicze was a church village belonging to the Terlecki family. In the first half of the 18th century, it belonged to the Orzeszko family from the Korab clan. Onoreta Orzeszko (1742–1785), who married Zenon Wyslouch (1727–1805) of the Odyniec coat of arms, chamberlain of Brest and deputy of the Four-Year Sejm, she brought wealth to the Wyslouch family, who owned them until 1939.

From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 in the Lithuanian province, and from 1801 in the Grodno province. In 1805, Zenon Wyslouch, the deputy governor of Brest, built a noble estate in Perkowicze. He also built a stone Assumption Church in the late classicist style on the estate. Our village on Schubert’s map from 1826-1840:

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

Later, the estate was owned by Felix Wyslouch, who was the military commissioner of the Wilno Governorate during the 1863 uprising. During the 1863-64 uprising, the estate served as a weapons depot for the rebels. The RGIA archives contain a record about our village, F. 577 Op. 10 D. 222, dates: October 23, 1864 - December 16, 1869. From this, we can see that part of the Perkowicze lands belonged to the landowner Nosarzewski.

The case of the redemption of land plots from Nosarzewski A.A. by temporarily obligated peasants in the Perkowicze estate and others (Grodno Province). October 23, 1864 - December 16, 1869.

There is also another entry in the Russian State Historical Archive, but this one mentions Wyslouch. F. 577 Op. 10 D. 913, dates: September 13, 1864 - May 5, 1865.

Case concerning the redemption of land plots from Wyslouch A.V. by temporarily obligated peasants in the Perkowicze estate. (Grodno Province)

In 1865, a public school was opened. The estate passed from Felix Wyslouch to his son Anthony, who was known as a historian, collector, and bibliophile. In 1906, Antoni rebuilt the manor house. At the beginning of the 20th century, the estate was surrounded by a park covering an area of up to 16 hectares. Antoni Wyslouch had nine children: Franciszek became a well-known writer and author of books about Polesie; Severin became a professor of history; and Stanislaw was the last owner of the family estate (1930–1939), moving to Warsaw after these lands were transferred to the USSR. Old Anthony Perkowicze was arrested by the Soviet authorities and deported deep into Russia, where he died. In the 1860s, Perkowicze (the center of the village of Krawce), then in the Wolowiel volost, Kobryn district, Grodno province. At the beginning of the 19th century, a manor was built in the eastern part, which consisted of a two-story house, a church, a landscape park, and artificial reservoirs. In the “Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavic Countries, Volume XV, Part 2,” there is a fairly standard description of our village in terms of territory, but there is also a record that the local church has a tombstone of Kirill Terlecki, this information is for 1880-1914. In 1890, the village of Perkowicze, the church (which owned 41 dessiatines of land), and the estate had 582 dessiatines. In 1905, the Perkowicze parish had 5 residents; the Perkowicze estate had 55 residents. There was an elementary school in the parish. In 1907, an exchange took place between the local church and the peasants, as confirmed by an entry in the Russian State Historical Archives, F. 796 Op. 188 D. 3253:

On the recommendation of His Eminence Grodno, regarding the exchange of land belonging to the Perkowicze Church, Kobryn County, for land belonging to the peasants of the village of Krawce-Perkowicze.

In 1908, a free public library was opened in the village with funds from the Russian book publisher F.F. Pavlenkov.

The village on the map:

Also on the three-yard map:

From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Wolowiel gmina, Drohiczyn County, Polesie Voivodeship, village and folwark. In 1921, there were 9 households and 92 inhabitants in the village, and 4 households and 21 inhabitants in the farmstead, 13 of whom were Orthodox Christians. The village on the Polish WIG map:

From December 4, 1939, part of the BSSR, in the Wolowiel volost, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region: the village and estate of Perkowicze. There were 47 households and 411 inhabitants, and an elementary school operated there. From January 15, 1940, it was part of the Drohiczyn district, and from October 12, 1940, it was part of the Lithuanian village council. The village on the Red Army map:

Also on the German kdwr map:

During the Great Patriotic War, 21 residents of the village died in the partisan struggle and on the front lines. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest region. In 1960, the village had 485 residents. In 1970, the village was part of the Zakoziel village council and had 832 inhabitants. In 1995, there were 193 households and 633 inhabitants.

Manor house:

References and materials used in the post:

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