The Great Forest is mentioned in 1546, in the description of the southern borders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the Crown of Poland, the tract of the Great Forest on the farmland of Belin village, Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship. The Great Forest is shown on the map of 1665, where we can see that it extends to the borders of today’s Grodno region, Belarus.

On the map of 1740, the tract is also present, but a little smaller.

On the military topographic map of 1846-1863, the tract is also marked on the map:

The tract was also marked on the map of the three-west, but in a slightly smaller size:

But, on the one-turn map the settlement Liachowicze-2 was already marked:

In 1905 there is already a folwark and a tract, 12 inhabitants.

From 1921 to 1939 it was part of Poland. In 1930 the settlement was called Liachowicze-2. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period Belarusians made 85.6%, Poles - 14.4%. The confessional composition of the population was dominated by Orthodox Christians (87.2%) and Catholics (12.8%). The village was marked on the WIG map:

From 1939 in the BSSR, a colony in Osowiec volost, Drochiczyn district, Pinsk region. There were 93 households, 495 inhabitants. Since 12.10.1940 in Popina village council, Drohiczyn district. In 1940 the village had 58 households, 291 inhabitants, there was a working elementary school. In the Great Patriotic War in May 1944, the village was burned by Nazi invaders, 30 inhabitants were killed. In fights with the enemy 16 inhabitants of the village and Soviet partisans were killed. The village on the map of the Red Army:

Since 1954, as part of Brest region. In 1959 the village had 223 inhabitants, in 1970 - 249 inhabitants, in 1995 - 73 yards, 189 inhabitants, elementary school.

References and information used in the material:

• etomesto.ru
• wikipedia.org
• Encyclopedia “Garady i vyoski Belarusi”.