Tsyelyakhany
Urban-type settlement in Brest Region, Belarus
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Tsyelyakhany or Telekhany (Belarusian: Целяханы, romanized: Cieliachany, local pronunciation: [tʲɛlʲɛxanɪ], [t͡sʲɛlʲɛxanɪ];[2] Russian: Телеханы) is an urban-type settlement in Ivatsevichy District, Brest Region, Belarus.[3] It is situated in the historical region of Polesia by the Oginski Canal.[4] As of 2026, it has a population of 3,625.[1]
Tsyelyakhany
Telekhany | |
|---|---|
  Tsyelyakhany Location within Belarus | |
| Coordinates: 52°30′26″N 25°50′32″E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Brest Region |
| District | Ivatsevichy District |
| Population (2026)[1] | |
• Total | 3,625 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
History
Before 1939 it was part of the Interwar Poland, the seat of Gmina Telechany, Powiat Kosówski, Polesie Voivodship.[5]
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.[6][4][5][7]
