- 1654, September: Astrazhanka (“Ostrożanka”). During the war between the Muscovite State and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1654-1667), the Muscovite army ravaged the villages of the Sniazyn* volost (district): “In Astrazhantsy and Smiadyn*, even the lords were killed.”
- 1687, April 2: The revision official, Troki (Trakai) castellan Orda, who was sent by Pan Samuel Brzozka [Biarozka], exchanged the lands of the Astrazhanka church for lands called Shylavichy.
- 1754: Visitation of the Uniate church.
- 1759: Visitation of the Uniate church. Construction of the Intercession Church (Pokrovskaya Church) at the expense of the parishioners.
- 1761: Visitation of the Uniate church.
- 1767: Installation of Father Maksim Zagorowski as chaplain of the Astrazhanka church.
- 1769: The procurator of the Society of Jesus for the Smiadyn* estates, Father Bazyl Hałowczyc, took lands from the Astrazhanka parish in various tracts and distributed them to the peasants of Hlinnitsa*.
- 1770: “Ostroshynka”, a small town (miasteczko). 30 households. January 17: Visitation of the Uniate church. December 31: The rector of the Pinsk Jesuit College, Mikalaj Trombicki, complained about the economist of the Vilnius chapter because he “sent armed peasants with Cossacks from the small town of Ostroshynki and the Ubarć* volost.”
- 1771: Construction of a new church “in another place… across the road opposite the parish priest’s house” in the middle of the village on the order of the Jesuit fathers of the Pinsk College.
- 1772, January 30: Consecration of the newly built parish church by the dean of Petrykau* and the parish priest of Astrazhanka, Father Bazyl Špakoŭski, with the participation of the Bishop of Pinsk and Turaŭ, Gideon Harbatski.
- 1773: Installation of Father Maksim Zagorowski as parish priest of Astrazhanka.
- 1775, October: “Astrazhanka” (“Ostrożanka z ks-m prezbyterem”), a village part of the Asaviec* (?) folwark (landed estate) of the former Jesuit Sniazyn* estate of the Vilnius castellan, Prince Michał Radziwiłł. 30 zemstvo* homesteads (dym) and 1 clerical homestead.
- 1777, January 30: “Astrazhanka” (“Ostrożanka”), a small town (miasteczko) of the parish of the Astrazhanka Church, Turaŭ Diocese, Petrykau* Deanery. 30 households. Uniate Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary under the patronage of Vilnius Castellan Michał Radziwiłł. Father Maksim Zagorowski has been a chaplain for 10 years and the parish priest in this very place for 4 years. “Church wardens (ktitary) of Astrazhanka: Laurentiy Nestsiarenya and Michał Lańko, Kharyton Niarod and Vosip Bahdanavič.”
- 1779: Construction of the Intercession Church.
- 1787, February 13: Astrazhanka, village. 30 households. Parish Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary under the patronage of the Bishop of Vilnius. After the relocation of Father Maksim Zagorowski to Slaboda* to the position of parish priest of Astrazhanka, Father Daniel Zubovič was installed.
- 1795, June: Conversion of the Uniate Intercession Church to Orthodoxy.
- 1800: “Astrazhanka”.
- 1802: Astrazhanka (“Ostrożanka”), village. Church. April 11: Astrazhanka, village of the former Jesuit Sniazyn* estate of Count Wincenty Potocki. An old manor house and a tavern. The estate inventory contains a description of the village with a list of the peasants’ property and all the duties they performed.
- 1807, July 22: Astrazhanka (“Ostrożanka”), village of the Machnavichy* folwark of Deputy Judge Kazimierz Rudziewski.
- 1810: Astrazhanka, village of the Machnavichy* folwark.
- 1821: Astrazhanka (“Ostrożanka”, “Ostrozanka”), village on a through road.
- 1830: Church archive.
- 1835: Clergy register (klirovaya vedomost’) of the Astrazhanka Intercession Church.
- 1848: Construction of a military communications road in the direction of the village of Buinavichy*.
- 1849, January 1: Astrazhanka (“Ostrożanka”), village. 28 homesteads (dvor). Church.
- 1850 (1866): Astrazhanka (“Ostrożanka”), village. 46 homesteads. A manorial estate (dvory) 1 verst northeast of the village.
- 1859: Astrazhanka (“Ostrożanka”). Church.
- 1863: Astrazhanka (“Ostrożanka”), parish.
- 1864: Astrazhanka, former Jesuit estate of landowner Ivan Rudziewski.
- 1865, August 25: Astrazhanka, estate. As a result of a fire caused by a burst boiler, a tar factory burned down.
- 1866: 40 homesteads, 269 inhabitants (138 male and 131 female). Church.
- 1867: Astrazhanka, village and folwark. Intercession Church. 36 versts from the Petrykau* church. In the village: 226 Orthodox; 10 Catholics. In the folwark: 29 Catholics, of which 21 permanent and 8 temporary (according to lists of the Catholic clergy – 12), 5 homesteads.
- 1868, October 19: Astrazhanka, former Jesuit estate of landowner Henryk Rudziewski. Leased to the Mozyr merchant Pavel Sakun.
- 1870, January 1: Astrazhanka, village, center of the Astrazhanka Society, estate of the Buinavichy* volost of the landowner Rudziewski family. 14 versts from the volost administration. 107 peasant proprietors.
- 1873: Machnavichy-Astrazhanka, former Jesuit estate of Count Józef Tyszkiewicz. “In the village of Astrazhanka, a manor house with 9 rooms, next to the house an orchard and a vegetable garden up to 2 desiatinas*, also a wing, a servants’ house, a cellar, a granary, a threshing barn, 2 stables with a carriage shed, a two-story old distillery with an iron steam engine (but the plant is not operating), an icehouse, a smokehouse. All buildings in the village of Astrazhanka are fenced with poles with 3 entrance gates. There is a tavern with an entrance shed.”
- 1875: Astrazhanka, estate of Count Tyszkiewicz (formerly Ivan Rudziewski’s). Land: 1080 desiatinas* suitable, 10498 desiatinas* forest and 6713 desiatinas* unsuitable. On April 9, Count Józef Tyszkiewicz paid the annual fee assigned from the Machnavichy-Astrazhanka estate to the treasury and therefore, based on the Supreme Order of March 29, 1871, it is excluded from the list of former Jesuit properties.
- 1876, January 29: Astrazhanka, estate of Count Tyszkiewicz. Manager Vainilovič.
- 1879: Astrazhanka, village. Church of the Intercession of the Theotokos, center of the parish. The parish owns 7 plots of land.
- 1886: Astrazhanka, village of Buinavichy* volost, on the Uborć* River. 43 homesteads, 350 inhabitants. Church.
- 1887: Construction of a new Orthodox church.
- 1888: Church-parish school.
- 1889: “Ostrożanka”, village and estate (27,470 desiatinas* of land) of Count Józef Tyszkiewicz, Buinavichy* volost. 14 versts from the village of Buinavichy and 57 versts from Mozyr. Orthodox church.
- 1897: Astrazhanka, village of Buinavichy* volost, center of the Astrazhanka Society, on a country road. Parish church, grain reserve store, pub. 81 homesteads, 459 inhabitants (202 male and 257 female). Landowner’s homestead, near a trade route. Adjacent to the village of Astrazhanka and the khutor (hamlet) Zapollie. 2 homesteads, 25 inhabitants (14 male and 11 female).
- 1900, August: Astrazhanka, village. 15 people engaged in coopery production.
- 1901: Church-parish school. Head and law teacher Priest Vasil Vasileuski, teacher Anna Aŭhuscienskaya.
- 1909: Astrazhanka, village and estate of Buinavichy* volost. 14 versts from the volost center. In the village: 73 homesteads, 613 inhabitants. In the estate: 2 homesteads, 17 inhabitants.
- 1911: “Ostrożanka”. According to the ethnographic map of Prof. T. D. Florinsky, a Little Russian (Malorussian) settlement.
- 1915: Astrazhanka (“Ostrożanka”), village. 50 homesteads.
- 1917: Astrazhanka (“Ostrożanka”), village and estate of Buinavichy* volost. 14 versts from the volost center. In the village: 125 homesteads, 769 inhabitants (361 male and 408 female): 722 Belorussians, 47 Jews. In the estate: 1 homestead, 23 inhabitants (19 male and 4 female): 15 Belorussians, 8 Poles. Estate of Count Aleksander Tyszkiewicz (19,366 desiatinas*). 16 workers, 10 horses.
- 1924, July 17: Astrazhanka, village, center of the village council (selsoviet) of Lielčycy* (Lelchitsy) district, Mozyr okrug. 139 households, 837 inhabitants. Organization of the first Soviet farm – the state farm (sovkhoz) of the BSSR “Astrazhanka” (1,051 desiatinas* of agricultural land).
- 1925: Astrazhanka, village. 139 households, 837 inhabitants. School in the Belorussian language: 52 students (47 boys and 5 girls): 50 Belorussians, 2 Jews. 3 desiatinas* of arable land and 0.25 desiatinas* of vegetable garden.
- 1929: “Vastrazhanka” (variant spelling).
- 1933: Kolkhoz “Chyrvonaya Zorka” (Red Star).
- 1935: Astrazhanka, village of Lielčycy* (Lelchitsy) district.
- 1940: Astrazhanka (“Ostrożanka”), village.
- 1946: Kolkhoz “Chyrvonaya Zorka” (Red Star). 500g of bread and 3kg of potatoes issued per workday unit.
- 1954, January 8: Center of the Astrazhanka village council.
- 1984, January 5: “Ostrożanka”, village, center of the village council. 158 inhabitants. Forestry office.
- 1986: Astrazhanka, village, center of the Astrazhanka village council of Lielčycy* (Lelchitsy) district, part of the “Buinavichy” state farm.
- 1994: 217 households, 536 inhabitants.
- 1996: Astrazhanka, village of Lielčycy* (Lelchitsy) district. 5 km from the Ubarć* River. Center of the village council and kolkhoz. 37 km northwest of Lielčycy (Lelchitsy), 244 km from Homiel (Gomel), 60 km from the Yelsk railway station. Secondary school, House of Culture, library, consumer services complex, post office.
- 1999, January 1: Astrazhanka, village, center of the Astrazhanka village council of Lielčycy* (Lelchitsy) district. 219 households, 519 inhabitants, of which 153 are working, 127 children under 15, 179 pensioners. According to the population census, 509 inhabitants (241 male and 268 female).
The toponym likely derives from an ostrog (palisaded fort) or some kind of guard post (starozha) that once existed in this location.