Dzivin

Dzivin (also Dyvin; Belarusian: Дзівін; Russian: Дивин, romanized: Divin; Ukrainian: Дивин, romanized: Dyvyn; Polish: Dywin) is an agrotown in Kobryn District, Brest Region, in south-western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Dzivin selsoviet. Dzivin is situated in the historical region of Polesia, on the southern bank of the Pripyat and at the Kobryn-Kovel road. It is located near the borders with Poland and Ukraine. First mentioned in 1466, around 1546 the village of Dyvin received town rights. Around that time the town had 184 houses, a market square and five streets in total. In 1642 king of Poland Władysław IV Vasa granted the burghers with Magdeburg Law. The charter however was withdrawn by king Stanisław August Poniatowski in 1776. In 1795 the town was annexed by the Russian Empire in the effect of the Third Partition of Poland. Two years later the town, by then demoted to a mere village, was donated to Pyotr Rumyantsev as his personal property and its inhabitants were turned into serfs.