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 2024, it has a population of 3,701.[1]
Tsyelyakhany
Telekhany | |
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  Tsyelyakhany | |
| Coordinates: 52°30′26″N 25°50′32″E / 52.50722°N 25.84222°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest Region |
| District | Ivatsevichy District |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 3,701 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
History
editBefore 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
edit- ^ a b "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2010). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Брэсцкая вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 148. ISBN 978-985-458-198-9.
- ^ a b Михаил Ринский, СУДЬБА МЕСТЕЧКА ТЕЛЕХАНЫ (retrieved May 17, 2022), History of the town (in Russian)
- ^ a b "Telechany - Virtual Shtetl". www.sztetl.org.pl. Archived from the original on 2011-05-15.
- ^ Bogdan Mielnik, Moje Telechany, Section 13 (retrieved May 17, 2022)
- ^ "Yahad - in Unum".
External links
edit- 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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