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Village Zastawie

The village was mentioned in written sources in the 16th century. In 1518 it was mentioned as “Polje Zastavie”, in the middle of the lands of Bezdziez village, when considering the complaint of the Pinsk prince Fiodor Iwanowicz Jaroslawicz against the canons of the Trok church. In 1783 the village in Bezdziez key, Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

From 1795 in the Russian Empire, in Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village is on szubert’s map for the years 1826-1840:

1826-1840 szubert

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

WTKRI 1846-1863

In 1858 the village, the center of Zaslawie rural community of Bezdziez volost, there were 303 revision souls (state villagers). In 1897 a brickyard was founded (3 workers). In 1890 the village community had 648 usable tithes of land.

On a single-surface map:

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On a tri-fold map:

3-ka

From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, Bezdziez Commune, Drohiczyn County, Poleskie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 122 households and 563 inhabitants. A village on the Polish WIG map:

WIG

From 04.12.1939 it was a part of the BSSR, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 12.10.1940 to 16.07.1954 the village was the center of Zastawie village council, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. In 1940 there were 830 inhabitants. The village is on the RKKA map:

RKKA

Also on the German map kdwr:

kdwr

In the Great Patriotic War 35 inhabitants of the village died, 25 did not return from the front. From 08.01.1954 in Brest region, from 16.07.1954 in Bezdziez village council. In 1959 there were 651 inhabitants in the village, in 1970 - 628 inhabitants, the village was part of the collective farm “New Way”.In 1995 there were 138 yards and 341 inhabitants.

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