Village of Brodek

Date: 2025-05-12    |    Tags: Brodek

The village of Brodek was first mentioned in available sources on Schubert's map of 1826–1840.

Schubert map 1826-1840
Map 1 — Schubert map 1826–1840

From written sources, it is mentioned in 1858 as a village in Imienin parish, Kobryn district, Grodno province. It was the center of the village community. There were 123 revision souls (state villagers), who from the second half of the 19th century were subjects of the Torokanie monastery.

Genealogical map of Polesie 1874-1898
Map 2 — Genealogical map of Polesie 1874–1898
One-verst map
Map 3 — One-verst map
Three-verst map
Map 4 — Three-verst map

In 1890, the community owned 266 dessiatinas of land, of which 134 dessiatinas were usable. In 1905, the village had 239 inhabitants.

From 1921 to 1939, it was part of the Polish commune of Imienin, Drohiczyn district. It had 13 yards and 63 inhabitants. In 1939 there were 37 households and 185 inhabitants.

Polish WIG map
Map 5 — Polish WIG map

From 1939 the village was part of the BSSR. From 12.10.1940 it was in Imienin village council, Antopol district, Brest region and had 187 inhabitants. During the Great Patriotic War 6 inhabitants of the village died at the front.

RKKA map
Map 6 — RKKA map

In 1959, the village had 149 inhabitants, in 1970 — 130, in 1995 — 28 yards and 53 inhabitants.

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