Zarechka village - (on the pole . Zarichka) a village in the Drogichin district of the Brest region of Belarus , as part of the Popinsky village council . The population of 623 people (2009). [one]
Geography
Zarechka village is located 15 km south of Drogichin and 10 km north of the border with Ukraine . The village stands on the south coast of the Dnieper-Bug Canal . On the other side of the Dnieper-Bug Canal is the village of Lyakhovichi and the village of Kublik. In the western part of the village is the highway Drogichin - Divin . The nearest railway station in Drogichin (line Brest - Pinsk ). It is a border zone with Ukraine .
| Navitel coordinates: | 52 ° 2.997 ' N, 25 ° 7.219' E |
History
The first mention of the Zarechka area dates back to 1620 , then it was part of the village of Lyakhovichi (the village of Lyakhovichi was first mentioned in 1492). It is possible that the village was also called Derbinka. It became an independent village since 1783, when the Dnieper-Bug (Royal) Canal was completed. The village belonged administratively to the Beresteyskoe Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . Orthodox Christianity was finally established only at the end of the 15th century. Prior to this, paganism was enormous. Until now, some Christian holidays are called pagan names. There was not a lot of arable land due to wetlands, up to the drainage of swamps in the 60s-70s of the XX century. The lands of the village of Zarechka belonged to the landowner , whose estate was located in the village of Lyakhovichi.
During the time of the Russian Empire from 1795 to 1918, the lands of Zarechka belonged to the Osovets volost of the Kobrinsky district of the Grodno province. In 1915 occupied by German troops. According to the Riga Peace Treaty (1921), the village became part of interwar Poland , where it belonged to the Drogichin district of the Polesie Voivodeship until 1939. [2] Since 1939, as part of the BSSR . From June 1941 to July 1944 periodically was in the zone of occupation by German troops. The village was at the epicenter of partisan battles, and was part of the zone of partisan detachments. The 42-day defense of the Dnieper-Bug Canal by partisans against attacks by German troops in February-March 1944 is known. As a result, almost all the houses and buildings were destroyed, and the local population was evacuated to the Pripyat river, Mukoshin village and Lyubotin village (Ukraine)
In 1951-1958. was the center of the agricultural cart named after Andreev. In the years 1958-1964. was the center of the Zarya agricultural cartel. In the years 1964-2003. was the center of the farm "Friendship". In 2003-2010. Center SPK "Zarechye". [3] There is a three-story Belarusian-language school, a kindergarten, a post office, a cultural center, MTF, shops, workshops of the SEC.
Since the village is located on the banks of the Dnieper-Boer Canal, communication with the regional center was via a ferry crossing. In the early 70s, a bridge was built across the canal, which facilitated relations with the city of Drogichin and the surrounding villages. The population of the village is almost all Orthodox Christians. The spoken language is Polesie (based on Ukrainian and Belarusian).
On September 25, 2010, in the village of Zarechka, the Orthodox church chapel was consecrated in honor of the locally revered icon of the Kazan Mother of God. The occasion for the construction was the event of 1936 . When in an ordinary rural family living in the village of Zarechka, the mistress of the house began to observe that the old family icon of Our Lady of Kazan miraculously brightened and began to be renewed. The icon began to make a quiet bell ringing, which was heard for two months. A commission from the then Pinsk Monastery witnessed this wonderful phenomenon.
Notes
- ↑ Census results .
- ↑ Lakotko A.I. Garady and Belarusian Belarus: Etsyklapedyya ў 15 tamakh. T. 3, book. 1. Brescky Voblast / Pad Navuk. red A. І. Lakotki. - Mn .: BelEn, 2006. ISBN 985-11-0373-X .
- ↑ ZGAPin f. 1594