Tsyelyakhany

Tsyelyakhany
Целяханы (Belarusian)
Телеханы (Russian)
Telekhany
Urban-type settlement
Tsyelyakhany is located in Belarus
Tsyelyakhany
Tsyelyakhany
Location within Belarus
Coordinates: 52°30′26″N 25°50′32″E / 52.50722°N 25.84222°E / 52.50722; 25.84222
CountryBelarus
RegionBrest Region
DistrictIvatsevichy District
Population
 (2026)
 • Total
3,625
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Tsyelyakhany or Telekhany (Belarusian: Целяханы, romanized: Cieliachany, local pronunciation: [tʲɛlʲɛxanɪ], [t͡sʲɛlʲɛxanɪ]; Russian: Телеханы) is an urban-type settlement in Ivatsevichy District, Brest Region, Belarus. It is situated in the historical region of Polesia by the Oginski Canal. As of 2026, it has a population of 3,625.

History

Before 1939 it was part of the Interwar Poland, the seat of Gmina Telechany [pl], Powiat Kosówski, Polesie Voivodship [pl].

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.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Численность населения на 1 января 2026 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2025 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 8 May 2026. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Федір Климчук (2002). "Говірки Берестейско-Пинського Полісся". Пам'ятки України: історія та культура (in Ukrainian). No. 3–4.
  3. ↑ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2010). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Брэсцкая вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 148. ISBN 978-985-458-198-9.
  4. 1 2 Михаил Ринский, СУДЬБА МЕСТЕЧКА ТЕЛЕХАНЫ (retrieved May 17, 2022), History of the town (in Russian)
  5. 1 2 "Telechany - Virtual Shtetl". www.sztetl.org.pl. Archived from the original on 2011-05-15.
  6. ↑ Bogdan Mielnik, Moje Telechany, Section 13 (retrieved May 17, 2022)
  7. ↑ "Yahad - in Unum".