The westernmost point of Belarus is located a few kilometers to the southwest from Vysokaye on the Bug River.

[3] Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Wysokie was a private town of the Sapieha, Jabłonowski and Potocki families,[4] administratively located in the Brest Litovsk Voivodeship.

King Stanisław August Poniatowski stopped in the town during his travel from Białystok to his birthplace of Wołczyn in 1775.

In September 1939, Vysokaye was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1944, incorporated into the Byelorussian SSR.

From 23 June 1941 until 28 July 1944, Vysokaye was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of Bezirk Bialystok.