Village of Wiry

Date: 2025-05-14    |    Tags: Wiry

The village of Wiry was mentioned in 1762 as a tract on the land of the Torokan monastery. From 1795 it became part of the Russian Empire, Kobryn district of Slonim, from 1797 Lithuanian, from 1801 Grodno province. The village is marked on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:

Schubert map 1826-1840
Schubert map, 1826–1840

In 1858, the village was part of the Ulicka rural municipality, Imienin parish, Kobryn district, there were 100 revision souls (state villagers). In 1905 the village had 215 inhabitants. The village was marked on the one-verst map:

One-verst map of Wiry
One-verst map

Three-verst map:

Three-verst map of Wiry
Three-verst map

and on the 1866 military topographic map of the Russian Empire:

Military topographic map 1866
Military topographic map of the Russian Empire, 1866

From 1921 to 1939 the village was a part of Poland, Imienin Commune, Drohiczyn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period Belarusians made 97.4%, Jews – 2%, Germans – 0.6%. The confessional composition of the population was dominated by Orthodox Christians 97.4%, Jews 2% and Catholics 0.6%. In 1926, the villagers wrote to the Polish Ministry of Education to open a Ukrainian school. The village is also marked on the WIG map:

Polish WIG map of Wiry
Polish WIG map

In 1939 the village became part of the BSSR and at that time it had 43 yards, 238 inhabitants and a school. It was also marked on the RKKA (Red Army) map:

Red Army map of Wiry
Red Army (RKKA) map

From 12 October 1940 it was a part of Perwomajsk village council, Antopol district. During the Great Patriotic War, 14 inhabitants of the village died, 10 of them at the front. Since 1959 – it is located in Drohiczyn district, has 227 inhabitants, in 1970 – 185 inhabitants, in 1995 – 42 yards and 82 inhabitants.

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