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Tsyelyakhany

Coordinates: 52°31′N 25°51′E / 52.517°N 25.850°E / 52.517; 25.850
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Telekhany (Belarusian: Целяханы or Celjahany, Polish: Telechany, Russian: Телеханы or Telehany, Yiddish: Template:Hebrew or Telechan, Unknown origin: Telekhani, Telechon, Telekani, Telekhan, Tselyakhani, Celjachani) is a town in Ivatsevichy Raion of the Brest Region in Belarus. The town has about 4,500 inhabitants.[1]

History

The name originates from Tatar language where it means "a tomb of Khan". During World War II, the Jewish community was massacred in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen.[2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ Ивацевичский районный исполнительный комитет
  2. ^ http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/telechany/
  3. ^ http://www.yahadmap.org/#village/telekhany-brest-belarus.472

52°31′N 25°51′E / 52.517°N 25.850°E / 52.517; 25.850


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