Tsyelyakhany or Telekhany (, local pronunciation: [tʲɛlʲɛxanɪ], [t͡sʲɛlʲɛxanɪ]; ) is an urban-type settlement in Ivatsevichy District, Brest Region, Belarus. It is situated in the historical region of Polesia by the Oginski Canal.Михаил Ринский, СУДЬБА МЕСТЕЧКА ТЕЛЕХАНЫ (retrieved May 17, 2022), History of the town (in Russian) As of 2026, it has a population of 3,625.
History
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.Bogdan Mielnik, Moje Telechany, Section 13 (retrieved May 17, 2022)
Notes
External links Photos on globustut.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 "HOW DO YOU GET TO TELECHAN?" - an article by Arthur Eisenberg on his April 2001 Trip to Telechan Section of book on Telechan from AJZENBERGS OF TELECHAN by Arthur Eisenberg