Lelchytsy

Lelchytsy stands on the Ubort River in the forest and marsh country of Polesia. It was the principal settlement of the Ubort estate, whose villages belonged to the bishops of Vilnius under the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. An inventory of 1763 listed Lelchytsy with a manor court and surrounding villages. After the Second Partition in 1793 the estate came under Russian rule. In 1808 it was divided and sold in several parts, one of which retained Lelchytsy and neighbouring settlements. The river gave its name to the larger estate of which the village had long been the centre.