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Village Siemionowszczyzna

The village is mentioned in 1778 in the Drohiczyn County, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Since 1795, it has been part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn County of the Slonim Province, since 1797 in the Lithuanian Province, and since 1801 in the Grodno Province. The village on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1846-1863:

WTKRI 1846-1863

In 1858, the village, a suburb of the town of Drohiczyn, in the Drohiczyn volost, Kobryn district, had 127 inhabitants. The inhabitants were subjects of the Bronne estate of Boleslaw Zuk. In 1890, the village was part of the Starosielsk community. In 1905, it had 956 inhabitants. The village on the one-verst map:

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Also on the three-verst map:

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From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Drohiczyn gmina, Drohiczyn powiat, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 8 households and 153 inhabitants. The village on the Polish WIG map:

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Also on the German military map kdwr:

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From December 4, 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR, in the Drohiczyn volost, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. The village had 64 households and 417 inhabitants. The village on the Red Army map:

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During the Great Patriotic War, 10 residents of the village were killed, 8 died at the front. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest region. In 1960, the village had 290 residents, and since 1965, it has been part of the Drohiczyn village council. In 1970, there were 351 residents, and in 1995, there were 128 households and 367 residents.

References and materials used in the post:

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