It has been known in written sources since the 15th century as a settlement in the Zditow volost, Kobryn principality, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1452, Grand Duke of Lithuania Kazimir Jagailowicz transferred part of the volost to Pinsk Prince Yuri Siemenowicz:

Simonovskoe empty courtyard

In the 16th century, it was part of the Borodycze volost, which in 1554 belonged to the Kezgail family. In 1554, Stanislav Kezgail, the chamberlain of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, sold the volost and the villages of this volost, including Symonowicze, to Valeryan Protosewicz, the bishop of Lutsk and Brest, due to debts. In 1558, there were seven houses in the village, and its income amounted to four kopecks and 24 Lithuanian groschen. In 1559, Protosewicz transferred the volost to the Wilno Chapter. In 1561, Symonowicze is mentioned in the Pinsk Starosty, under the authority of the Catholic Church. In the 17th century, the village was in the Pinsk district, Brest province, under the authority of the Pinsk sub-chamberlain Jan Karol Dolski. In the last quarter of the 18th century, it was in the Chomsk county. In 1793, according to the inventory of the Chomsk county, there were 116 households and 622 inhabitants in the village.

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 1846-1864:

In 1858, Symonowicze 1 in the Braszewicze volost, the center of the rural community, part of the Chomsk estate owned by the landowner Puslowski, had 571 inhabitants. Symonowicze 2 in the same volost, in the Losince rural community, had 113 revisor souls (state peasants), former subjects of the Torokanie estate of the Basilian monastery. In 1886, there were 82 households and 992 inhabitants. In 1905, there were 1,481 inhabitants, and an elementary school was operating. During World War I, the village was partially burned down. The village on the one-verst map:

Also on the three-verst map:

From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland, in the Braszewicze gmina, Drohiczyn district, Polesie province. In 1921, there were 973 inhabitants living in 279 houses. In terms of ethnic composition, Poles accounted for 93.1% of the population at that time, Belarusians for 3.9%, Jews for 2.5%, and Poles for 0.5%. The religious composition of the population was predominantly Orthodox Christians (90.3%), Jews (8.5%), and Catholics (1.2%). In the 1930s, there were 294 households and 1,472 inhabitants. The village on the Polish map wig:

Also on the German military map kdwr:

Since 1939, as part of the Belarus SSR, in the Chomsk volost, Kobryn district, there were 304 households and 1,409 inhabitants, and a primary school operated. Since October 12, 1940, it has been part of the Wolka village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. The village on the Red Army map:

During the Great Patriotic War, the village was almost completely burned down by the Nazis, with 59 villagers killed, 35 of them at the front. In 1949, a collective farm named “Krasny Oraty (Plowman)” was established. Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest Region. Since 1959, it has been part of the Wolka Village Council. In 1970, there were 874 residents, and in 1995, there were 214 households and 407 residents.

References and materials used in the post:

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