Vulka Popinskaia was first mentioned in 1858, the center of the village community in Osovetska volost, Kobrin district, Grodno province. It belonged to the estate of Popin, landowner Ivan Zhuk. The village had 297 revision souls. During the uprising of 1863, a self-defense detachment from the rebel villagers operated in the village. In 1905 the village had 640 inhabitants. The village is shown on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire of 1846-1866:
It is also on the one-verst map:
Also on the three-verst map:
In 1921–1939 the village was part of Poland in Osowiecka Commune, Drohiczyn District, Polesie Voivodeship. In 1921 there were 23 households, 272 inhabitants, in 1930 there were 102 households. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period Belarusians made 92%, Jews – 8%. In the confessional composition of the population Orthodox Christians prevailed (92%). The village on the WIG map:
From 4 December 1939 the village became part of the BSSR, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region. From 15 January 1940 in Drohiczyn district, from 12 October 1940 in Popinsk village council. The village had 137 yards, 582 inhabitants. In 1940 there were 120 yards, 598 inhabitants. During the Great Patriotic War in July 1944, German fascist invaders captured and burned the village, 116 courtyards were destroyed, 5 inhabitants died, 7 did not return from the front. The village is on the Red Army map:
In 1954 the village is in Brest region, in 1960 the village had 482 inhabitants, in 1970 – 509 inhabitants, in 1995 – 148 yards and 307 inhabitants.