Tsyelyakhany
Telekhany | |
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Coordinates: 52°30′26″N 25°50′32″E / 52.50722°N 25.84222°E | |
Country | Belarus |
Region | Brest Region |
District | Ivatsevichy District |
Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 3,716 |
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 2023, it has a population of 3,716.[1]
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]