Village Podlesie

Date: 2025-08-05    |    Tags: Podlesie

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 was located in the Antopol volost, Kobryn uyezd, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire. It was the center of a rural community and part of the Antopol estate of Kazimir Arzorowski, with 233 registered souls (state peasants).

In 1890, it belonged to the estate of Sofia von Brewern. The peasants had 460.5 dessiatines of land, 285 of which were arable. In 1905, the village had 580 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 the Antopol gmina, Kobryn County, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921, there were 40 households and 229 inhabitants.

WIG map
Map 5 — Polish WIG map

Since 1939, it has been part of the Belarus SSR. The village is also shown on Soviet and German military maps.

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

During the Great Patriotic War, three residents of the village were killed, all of them at the front.

Population: 294 (1959), 237 (1970), 131 (1995).

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