The village of Zalawie is marked on the one-verst map from the beginning of 1870 and later:
It is also worth noting that it was a sparsely populated settlement, possibly a folwark. Near it there is a tract of land called Zalawie.
The tract is also marked on the half-verst map, which was published in the 1880s and later:
In 1930 it was part of Poland, Osowiec parish, Drohiczyn district, Polesie voivodeship. It is marked on the WIG map:
From 1939 as part of BSSR, Drohiczyn district, Pinsk region, there were 3 households. The village is marked on the Red Army map:
Also on the German map kdwr:
Since 15 January 1949 in Drohiczyn district. Since 1954 in Brest region. In 1960 it was listed as a hamlet in Drohiczyn district, Popina village council, there were 113 inhabitants, in 1970 – 54 inhabitants, in 1995 – 3 yards and 3 inhabitants.