Village Suliczewo
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It is mentioned in written sources in 1546, in the description of the border between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish Crown. The village in the Kobryn district, Brest province, belonged to Pawel Bjutiwski, as part of the Borodycze volost. An inventory from 1558 records that the owners of houses in Suliczewo paid a tax of 18 Lithuanian groschen. From 1565, it was part of the Pinsk County, Brest Voivodeship.
From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn County of the Slonim Province, from 1797 in the Lithuanian Province, and from 1801 in the Grodno Province. The village on Schubert’s map of 1832:
Also on the military-topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:
In 1858, the village was part of the Zakoziel estate, which belonged to Kalikst Orzeszko, and was the center of the rural community in the Wolowiel volost, Kobryn district, with a population of 405 revisors (state peasants). In 1886, the village had 45 households and 581 inhabitants, a school, a church, and a drinking establishment. In 1890, the community owned 928 dessiatines of land, of which 397 were suitable for cultivation. In 1905, the village of Suliczewo had 876 inhabitants and a primary school. The hamlet of Sulichevo had 109 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 Wolowiel gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie province. In 1921, the village had 124 households and 785 inhabitants, 771 of whom were Orthodox Christians. In terms of ethnic composition, Poles accounted for 93.7% of the population at that time, Poles for 4.6%, and Jews for 1.7%. Orthodox Christians predominated in terms of religious affiliation (98.2%). The village on the German kdwr map:
Also on the Polish map WIG:
From December 4, 1939, as part of the Belarus SSR, in the Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, the village had 210 households and 1,065 inhabitants. From January 15, 1940, it was part of the Karolin village council. In 1941, there were 278 households and 989 inhabitants. The village on the Red Army map:
During the Great Patriotic War in May 1944, the Nazis burned 75 households and killed 103 residents. Forty-six residents of the village died at the front. In 1949, the Pobeda collective farm was established, chaired by I. Golub. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest region. In 1960, the Popina village council had 961 residents. In 1970, there were 1,067 residents, and in 1995, there were 249 households and 538 residents.
References and materials used in the post:
- https://ru.wikipedia.org
- Cities and villages of Belarus, Brest Region
- etomesto.ru