Tsyelyakhany
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Tsyelyakhany
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| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest Region |
| District | Ivatsevichy District |
| Population (2025)[1] | |
• Total | 3,657 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Tsyelyakhany or Telekhany (Belarusian: Целяханы, romanized: Cieliachany; Russian: Телеханы) is an urban-type settlement in Ivatsevichy District, Brest Region, Belarus.[2] It is situated in the historical region of Polesia by the Oginski Canal.[3] As of 2025, it has a population of 3,657.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]Before 1939 it was part of the Interwar Poland, the seat of Gmina Telechany, Powiat Kosówski, Polesie Voivodship.[4]
During World War II, the Jewish community was massacred by a cavalry detachment of SS in August 1941, according to the memoirs of Bogdan Mielnik, a Polish resident of Telekhany.[5][3][4][6]
Notes
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- ^ a b Михаил Ринский, СУДЬБА МЕСТЕЧКА ТЕЛЕХАНЫ (retrieved May 17, 2022), History of the town (in Russian)
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- ^ Bogdan Mielnik, Moje Telechany, Section 13 (retrieved May 17, 2022)
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Photos on Globus.tut.by (text in Russian)
- Photos on Radzima.org
- Documents about Jewish inhabitants of Telekhany (mostly English)
- Genealogy of the Ajzenberg/Eisenberg/Eizenberg family of Telechan
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