Tsyelyakhany | |
Native Name: | |
Other Name: | Telekhany |
Settlement Type: | Urban-type settlement |
Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Brest Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Ivatsevichy District |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3,716 |
Timezone: | MSK |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 52.5072°N 25.8422°W |
Tsyelyakhany or Telekhany (Belarusian: Целяханы|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]
See main article: articles and Tsyelyakhany Ghetto. Before 1939 it was part of the Interwar Poland, the seat of, .
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.[4] [3] [5] [6]