Village Pihasy

Date: 2025-08-07    |    Tags: Pihasy

Pigas is mentioned in 1777, in the Radogoszcz volost, Brest Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

From 1795, it became part of the Russian Empire. The village is shown on Schubert’s map (1826–1840):

Schubert map 1826-1840
Map 1 — Schubert map (1826–1840)

Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire (1846–1863):

Military map 1846-1863
Map 2 — Military topographic map (1846–1863)

In 1858, the village had 231 revision souls (state peasants). In 1905, there were 438 inhabitants.

The village on the one-verst map:

One-verst map
Map 3 — One-verst map

Also on the three-verst map:

Three-verst map
Map 4 — Three-verst map

From 1921 to 1939, it was part of Poland. In 1921, there were 32 households and 130 inhabitants.

WIG map
Map 5 — Polish WIG map

From 1939, part of the Belarus SSR. In 1939, there were 93 households and 686 inhabitants.

RKKA map
Map 6 — Red Army (RKKA) map
KDWR map
Map 7 — KDWR map

During the Great Patriotic War, 10 residents of the village died at the front.

Since 1954, it has been part of the Brest region. In 1970 there were 342 residents, in 1995 there were 93 households and 161 residents.

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