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Village Symonowicze

It has been known in written sources since the 15th century as a settlement in the Zditow volost, Kobryn principality, Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1452, Grand Duke of Lithuania Kazimir Jagailowicz transferred part of the volost to Pinsk Prince Yuri Siemenowicz: Simonovskoe empty courtyard In the 16th century, it was part of the Borodycze volost, which in 1554 belonged to the Kezgail family. In 1554, Stanislav Kezgail, the chamberlain of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, sold the volost and the villages of this volost, including Symonowicze, to Valeryan Protosewicz, the bishop of Lutsk and Brest, due to debts.