It belonged to Polesie Voivodeship region of eastern Kresy, with a notable Jewish population.

[2] During World War II, Ivatsevichy was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1939, incorporated into the Byelorussian SSR.

The number of Jews in Ivatsevichy greatly increased due to influx of refugees from the Nazi-occupied western part of Poland.

[3] Ivatsevichy was occupied by Nazi Germany from 24 June 1941 until 12 July 1944 and administered as a part of the Generalbezirk Weißruthenien of Reichskommissariat Ostland.

The Nazis carried out mass executions of Jews at the Żwirownia gravel pit nearby.