Talachyn Талачын (Belarusian) Толочин (Russian)
Town
Church of the Protection of Our Lady
Flag Coat of arms
Talachyn Location in Belarus
Coordinates: 54°25′N 29°42′E / 54.417°N 29.700°E / 54.417; 29.700
Country	Belarus
Region	Vitebsk Region
District	Talachyn District
First mentioned	1433
Elevation	199 m (653 ft)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	9,691
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code	211070
Area code	+375 2136
License plate	2

Talachyn or Tolochin (Belarusian: Талачын, romanized: Talačyn,^[a] IPA: [taɫaˈtʂɨn]; Russian: Толочин; Polish: Tołoczyn; Yiddish: טאָלאָטשין; Lithuanian: Talačynas) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Talachyn District.^[1] As of 2023, it has a population of 9,691.^[1]

History

The town was first mentioned in 1433. The village was a shtetl: the Jewish population of the town constituted more than 70% of all inhabitants.^[2] In March 1942 the Germans killed more than 2,000 Jews from the city and its suburbs in a mass execution.^[3] A memorial has been erected to remember the fate of the victims.

Notable structures

• Memorial to Jewish victims of World War II
• Church of St Anthony (Catholic)
• Church of the Holy Intercession (or: of the Protection of Our Lady)
• Pokrovsky Monastery
• Basilian Monastery, Talachyn
• Brothers' Cemetery (military cemetery)
• War Memorial

Notable citizens

• Family home of Irving Berlin
• Jacob Rutstein