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Village Zawiersze

From written sources, Zawiersze was mentioned in 1518 as “Zawiersze Island” among the lands of Bezdziez village. In connection with the dispute between the Prince of Pinsk F.I. Jaroslawycz and the Catholics of the Church of the Mother of God in Trok. In 1783 the village was in the Pinsk district, Brest voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

From 1795 in the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village is on the map of 1860:

1-ka 1801-1845

The village on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire 1846-1863:

WPKRI 1846-1863

In 1858 the village was a part of Mikick commune of Bezdziez volost. There were 230 revision souls (state villagers). In 1905 there were 386 inhabitants.

On the map is a three-quarter map of 1865:

3-ka 11865

From 1921 to 1939 as part of Poland. Bezdziez gmina, Drohiczyn district, Poleskie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 96 courtyards and 471 inhabitants (12 poland and 459 entered themselves as poleszukis, tutejs). There was a functioning public school.

szkola IIRP

The village is on Polish WIG maps:

WIG

From 1939 in the BSSR, Pinsk region, from 12.10.1949 in Zastawski village council, Drohiczyn district. There were 108 households and 615 inhabitants. There was also an incomplete secondary school.

The village on the map of the RCAA:

RKKA

The village on the German map kdwr:

kdwr

In the Great Patriotic War 43 inhabitants of the village died, 21 did not return from the front. Since 08.01.1954 in Brest region, since 17.07.1954 in Bezdziez village council. In 1959 there were 600 inhabitants, in 1970 - 178 yards and 661 inhabitants. There was an 8-school, a communication office, a board of the kolkhoz and the name of Dimitrov. In 1995 there were 165 yards and 426 inhabitants. In the village there is a memorial grave to the soldiers of World War I (Russian soldiers), as well as to the soldiers of World War II.

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