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Village Skrypele

The settlement has been known since the 16th century, as part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire in the Kobryn district, from 1797 in the Lithuanian province, and from 1801 in the Grodno province. The village on Schubert’s map of 1832:

szubert 1832

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

WTKRI 1846-1863

In 1858, the village in the Imienin volost, Kobryn district, part of the Podrecka community, had 113 registered souls (state peasants). These peasants were former subjects of the Torokany Monastery. In 1905, there were 227 inhabitants. The village on the one-verst map:

1-ka

Also on the three-verst map:

3-ka

From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Imienin gmina, Drohiczyn powiat, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 78 households and 445 inhabitants. In terms of the ethnic composition of the population at that time, Belarusians made up 100%. Orthodox Christians predominated in the religious composition of the population (100%). The village on the Polish WIG map:

WIG

Also on the German military map kdwr:

kdwr

Since 1939, as part of the Belarus SSR, there were 52 households and 240 inhabitants, and a primary school operated. Since October 12, 1940, the village has been part of the Niemierza village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. The village on the Red Army map:

RKKA

During the Great Patriotic War, 15 residents of the village died, 12 of them at the front. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest Region. In 1959, there were 184 residents, in 1970 - 163 residents, and in 1995 - 45 households and 65 residents.

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