From written sources it was mentioned in the 18th century. In 1774 it was mentioned under the name Zaniwie and Stary Ziolow, a village in Brest district, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. From 1791 it was a part of Kobryn district.
From 1795 in the Russian Empire, Kobryn district, Slonim district, from 1797 in the Lithuanian province, from 1801 in the Grodno province. The village on Schubert's map of 1826-1840:
The village was marked on the 1846-1863 military topographic map of the Russian Empire:
The village is also on the one-verst map:
On the three-verst map:
In 1858 the village, the center of the rural community in Antopol parish, as part of the Antopol estate of Count Kazimierz Ozarowski, there were 228 revision souls (state villagers). In 1905 there were 354 inhabitants.
From 1921 to 1939 it was a part of Poland, in Antopol commune, Kobryn district, Polesie voivodeship. In 1921 there were 43 households and 203 inhabitants. In the ethnic composition of the population of that period Ruthenians made 74.9%, Poles – 16.7%, Jews – 5.9%, Belarusians – 2.5%. The confessional composition of the population was dominated by Orthodox Christians (93.1%), Jews (5.9%) and Evangelical Christians. The village is on the Polish WIG map:
From 4 December 1939 in the BSSR, in Kobryn district, Brest region. From 15 January 1940, in Antopol district, from 12 October 1940 to 16 July 1954 the center of Zaniwie village council. In 1949 there were 512 inhabitants, there was an elementary school. During the Great Patriotic War 25 inhabitants of the village died, 17 did not return from the front. The village on the Red Army map:
The village on the German map kdwr:
In 1948 a collective farm was organized. In 1959 the farm Zaniwie in Imienin village council, Drohiczyn district. In 1960 there were 347 inhabitants, in 1970 – 325 inhabitants, in 1995 – 85 yards and 161 inhabitants.