Svarin is mentioned in the 16th century as a village called Swaryczewicze in the Pinsk district of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1531, it was mentioned in a deed of gift to Queen Bona. In “Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavic Countries,” volume 12, there is information about the Uperinets tract, taken from the 16th-century book “Revision of Pushch,” published by Wil. Arch. Kom., 10-11.

It was located in the former royal forest, Pinsk County. Not far from the villages of Swaryczew and Swaryczewicze. In 1880, it was located in the municipality of Raczysk? (this information should be verified, as it may refer to a different location).

From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn district of Slonim, from 1797 in Lithuania, and from 1801 in the Grodno province. The village on Schubert’s map from 1826-1840:

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

In 1884, a cemetery chapel was built. In the RGIA archive, F. 1344 Op. 150 D. 1569, with the latest date of October 12, 1901, there is a mention of our village:

Second (peasant) department of the Senate. Report of the Wolyn Provincial Peasant Affairs Office dated October 6, 1901, No. 3168, with a complaint from peasant Foma Krywko of the village of Swaryn regarding his dispute with Vasily Krywko over property.

At the end of the 19th century, the village had 86 houses and 443 inhabitants.

The village on the one-verst map:

Also on the three-verst map:

There is also a record of our village in the NIAB archive, NIAB f.2466 op.1 d.362:

Drawing of the reconstruction and extension of the bridge over the Wiedowerski water pipeline near the village of Swaryn (1919, Plans, maps, drawings).

From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland. In 1921, the village was located in the Lelikow gmina, Kamien-Koszyrski powiat, Polesie Voivodeship. There were 151 houses and 823 inhabitants, 403 men and 420 women, 799 Orthodox Christians, 1 Roman Catholic, 23 Jews, 85 Rusyns, 636 “locals,” and 102 Poles. The village on the WIG map:

Also on the German military map kdwr:

From 1939, it was part of the Belarus SSR, and from January 15, 1940, it was part of the Dywin district, Brest region. Since October 12, 1940, it has been part of the Radowstow village council. The village had 118 households and 979 inhabitants. In 1941, the village had 209 households and 1,309 inhabitants, and there was an elementary school. The village on the Red Army map:

During the Great Patriotic War, until the summer of 1943, it was the center of the partisan zone on the territory of the Dnieper-Bug Canal to the district centers of Luboszewo and Kamien-Koszyrski in Ukraine. Large forces of partisans from Brest and Pinsk were stationed here. From September 1943, a large partisan airfield was in operation, built with the help of residents of the Radowstow village council. In April 1943, the Nazis burned down the village, 199 houses, and killed 118 residents. In the battles near the village, 86 Soviet soldiers and partisans were killed, and 44 residents of the village died at the front. The village and its outskirts were also the site of intense activity by the Ukrainian UPA army. Since August 8, 1959, the village has been located in the Drohiczyn District of the Brest Region. In 1960, there were 873 residents, in 1970 - 1,528 residents, and in 1995 - 303 households and 970 residents. The village has a secondary school, two shops, a bathhouse, and a Baptist prayer house. There is also a mass grave of Soviet soldiers and partisans and a memorial plaque to the partisans who died in the Great Patriotic War.

References and materials used in the post:

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