Village Raszyn
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Written sources mention a church in 1588, 1634, and 1640 (Information from the book Cities and Villages of Belarus).
From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district of the Slonim province, from 1797 in the Lithuanian province, and from 1801 in the Grodno province. The village on Schubert’s map from 1826-1840, as we can see on this map and subsequent ones, had two settlements, Raszyn (Rasen) Stary and Nowy, and towards the end of the 1900s, they merged into one village on the site of Stary Raszyn.
Military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:
In 1858, the village was the center of the rural community in the Ziolowo volost, Kobryn district, as part of the Ziolowo estate of landowner Maria Dolgorukowa. There were 133 registered souls (state peasants). In 1905, there were 343 inhabitants. The village on the one-verst map:
Also on the three-verst map:
From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Ziolowo gmina, Kobryn County, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 21 households and 93 inhabitants. In the 1930s, there were 31 households. The village on the Polish WIG map:
From 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR. From January 15, 1940, it was part of the Antopol District, Brest Region. From October 12, 1940, it was part of the Detkowicze Village Council and had 148 inhabitants. The village on the Red Army map:
During the Great Patriotic War, 13 residents of the village were killed, 10 of them at the front. Since 1959, it has been part of the Drohizyn District, Brest Region, with a population of 140. In 1970, there were 152 residents, and in 1995, there were 35 households and 71 residents.
References and materials used in the post:
- Cities and villages of Belarus, Brest region
- etomest.ru
- wikipedia.org