The settlement is first mentioned on January 3, 1763, in the inventory of the Ubarć estate, Mazyr district, Vilna Bishopric. See: Buda Lyelchytskaya.
In the case of leasing the Ubarć estate of the Vilna bishop I. Massalski to Count I. Salagub in 1795, two budas (potash works) are mentioned – Buinavitskaya and Stadolitskaya. The village of Buda Buinavitskaya, or Paulapolskaya, is shown on the special “Map of Western Russia” by F. F. Schubert in 1849.
Under the name Buda-Safiyeuka, the village is first mentioned in a report on handicrafts based on a personal visit to the sites in August 1900. Confirmation that it is the same settlement is provided by the Special Map of European Russia, published by the General Staff in 1915, on which the village of Buda Paulapolskaya is shown at the location of the modern village of Buda-Safiyeuka.
1795, February 16: “Buinavitskaya”, a registered buda of the state-owned Ubarć estate, Mazyr district, Russian Empire. Potash works.
1800: Buda Buinavitskaya, a village in Mazyr district, owned by Yakov Sivers. Potash works.
1838: Sofiya (“Sofiya”), a village. 87 inhabitants. Parish of the Buinavichy church.
1847, April 16: Buda Buinavitskaya (“Buda Buynovicheskaya”), a village of the Buinavichy economic administration of the Buinavichy estate of landowner Mikhail Dobrynski.
1849, January 1: Buda Buinavitskaya, or Paulapolskaya (“Buda Buynovitskaya or Pavlopolskaya”), a village.
1850 (1866): “Buda Pavlopolskaya (Buynovicheskaya Sofiyevka)”, a village, by the Zhernola river. 20 households. Manorial court.
1859: Buda Buinavitskaya (“Buda Bujnowicka”).
1862, June 28: Buda-Buinavitskaya, a village of the Buinavichy estate of landowner Pavel Dobrynski.
December 12: Safiyeuka (Buinavitskaya Buda), a village of the Buinavichy peasant society. 17 households of peasant farmers, 40 revision male souls.
1863, November 2: Buda-Buinavitski peasant elder Taras Konash.
1864, May 8: Safiyeuskaye peasant society.
1867: “Buda Buinavitskaya”, a village. 6 versts (approx. 6.4 km) from the Buinavichy church, 26 versts (approx. 27.7 km) from the Petrykau church. 142 Orthodox; 17 native Catholics, 6 households.
1870: Buda Buinavitskaya, a village of the Budskaye peasant society, Buinavichy volost. 6 versts (approx. 6.4 km) from the volost administration. 37 peasant-owners and 2 land tenants. Parish of the Buinavichy church.
1874, May 29: Buinavitskaya Buda, a folwark of the Buinavichy estate, purchased by Titular Councilor Mitrofan Balatov. He is the farm manager.
1879: Buda, a village in the parish of the Buinavichy church.
1884, September 26: Safiyeuka or Buda (“Buynovitskoy-Budy, Sofiyevki tozh”), a village. Previously belonged to the Buinavichy estate of the former landowner Alexander Kakushkin, and now to Sergei Lupakov. 17 people (named list). Elder Foma Stukar.
1886, February 18: Buda-Safiyeuka (“Budy, Sofiyevki tozh”), a village of the Buda-Safiyeuskaye society, Buinavichy volost, from the Buinavichy estate of landowner S. Lupakov. Geometric plan.
1889: “Buynovicheskaya-Buda”, a village in Buinavichy volost. 5 versts (approx. 5.3 km) from the village of Buinavichy and 54 versts (approx. 57.6 km) from Mazyr.
1897: Buda-Safiyeuka (“Buda-Sofiyevka”, “Buda-Sofiyevskaya”), a village of the Buda-Safiyeuskaye society, Buinavichy volost, by the zemstvo postal route. Adjacent to the Buda estate, the manor of Yu. Hulevich and the local overseer. Chapel. Liquor establishment. 39 households, 219 inhabitants (96 male and 123 female). Buda-Safiyeuka, owner’s manor, adjacent to the village of Buda-Safiyeuskaya, by the zemstvo postal road. 3 households, 30 inhabitants (14 male and 16 female). “Buda Sofiyevskaya”, a folwark.
1900, August: Buda-Safiyeuka. 30 people engaged in the production of carts, wheels, and sleds.
1909: Buda-Safiyeuka (“Buda-Sofiyevka”), a village in Buinavichy volost. 6 versts (approx. 6.4 km) from the volost center, 28 versts (approx. 29.9 km) from the post office in Lyelchitsy. 47 households, 301 inhabitants.
1911, March 29: Buda-Safiyeuka, a village in Buinavichy volost. The Minsk Provincial Administration allowed Schubert to build a sawmill here. Owner Izabella Markvart.
1912: Buda Paulapolskaya (“Buda Pavlopolskaya”), a village.
1913: Buda-Safiyeuka, a village. 65 households, 333 inhabitants. One-class public school. Teacher’s position vacant. Suspension of production at the sawmill due to lack of raw materials.
1914, July 29: Buda-Safiyeuka, estate of landowner Izabella Markvart. Disorders during the mobilization of reservists.
1915: Buda Paulapolskaya (“Buda Pavlopolskaya”), a village and folwark (?).
1917: Buda-Safiyeuka (“Buda-Sofiyevka”), a village and estate in Buinavichy volost. Respectively 6 and 7 versts (approx. 6.4 and 7.5 km) from the volost center. In the village: 86 households, 473 inhabitants (239 male and 234 female): 386 Belarusians, 16 Poles, 39 Jews, and 32 others. In the estate: 1 household, 53 inhabitants (27 male and 26 female): 18 Belarusians, 20 Poles, 15 Jews.
1920, January 20: Buda-Safiyeuka, a village. The sawmill (with 3 frames) was transferred to the newly created organization “Zapadoles”, but due to lack of raw materials, it was suspended again from July 1.
1925: “Budo Sofiyevka”, a village in Buinavichy selsoviet of Lyelchitsy district. 6 km from the village council, 28 km from the district center. School in Belarusian language: 49 pupils (37 boys and 12 girls): 36 Belarusians, 4 Russians, 5 Jews, 4 others. 2 dess. of plowland.
1933: Kolkhoz “Paris Commune”.
1937: Buda-Safiyeuka. Alcohol-powder plant.
1940: Buda-Safiyeuka (“Buda-Sofiyevka”), a village.
1986: Buda-Safiyeuka, a village in Buinavichy selsoviet of Lyelchitsy district, center of the kolkhoz “Svitanaк” (Dawn). December 5: “Buda-Sofiyevka”, a village. 460 inhabitants. School.
1999, January 1: Buda-Safiyeuka, a village in Buinavichy selsoviet of Lyelchitsy district. School-kindergarten. 165 households, 406 inhabitants, of which 102 are employed, 104 children under 15, 150 pensioners. According to the population census, 395 inhabitants (174 male and 221 female).
Throughout its history, the settlement had several names: Buda Buinavitskaya → Buda Paulapolskaya → Buda Safiyeuka. After the decline of potash production, the local buda turned into an ordinary village, which was fixed with the name Buda Buinavitskaya as a geographical characteristic – the village of Buda near the larger village of Buinavichy. The second and third names – Buda Paulapolskaya and Buda-Safiyeuka are of anthroponymic origin, as they are somehow connected with the names Pavel (probably a Pole by origin) and Sofiya. Perhaps the last name is somehow connected with the addition in 1838 to the Buinavichy Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos of another chapel with a throne, which was consecrated in the name of the holy martyr Sophia.