Talachyn ( be, Талачы́н,
Łacinka
The Belarusian Latin alphabet or Łacinka (from be, лацінка or łacinka, BGN/PCGN: ''Latsinka'', ) for the Latin script in general is the common name for writing Belarusian using Latin script. It is similar to the Sorbian alphabet a ...
: ''Tałačyn'', ) or Tolochin (russian: Толо́чин; pl, Tołoczyn, yi, Tolotshin טאָלאָטשין, lt, Talačynas) is a city in the
Vitebsk Region of
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
, an administrative center of the
Talachyn District
Talachyn District is a district (raion) in Vitebsk Region, Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Bel ...
. The city has a record low temperature of -42.2C.
History
The town was first mentioned in 1433. The village was a
shtetl: the Jewish population of the town constituted more than 70% of all inhabitants.
In March 1942 the Germans killed more than 2,000 Jews from the city and its suburbs in a mass execution.
A memorial has been erected to remember the fate of the victims.
Notable structures
* Memorial to Jewish victims of World War II
*
Church of St Anthony
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* Chris ...
(Catholic)
*
Church of the Holy Intercession (or: of the Protection of Our Lady)
* Pokrovsky Monastery
* Basilian Monastery, Talachyn
*
Brothers' Cemetery
Brothers' Cemetery or Cemetery of the Brethren ( lv, Brāļu Kapi), also sometimes referred to in English as the Common Graves or simply as the Military Cemetery, is a military cemetery and national monument in Riga, capital of Latvia.
The ceme ...
(military cemetery)
*
War Memorial
Notable citizens
* Family home of
Irving Berlin
*
Jacob Rutstein
References
External links
*
Photos on Radzima.org
Talachyn
Talachyn ( be, Талачы́н, Łacinka: ''Tałačyn'', ) or Tolochin (russian: Толо́чин; pl, Tołoczyn, yi, Tolotshin טאָלאָטשין, lt, Talačynas) is a city in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus, an administrative center of the ...
Populated places in Vitebsk Region
Vitebsk Voivodeship
Orshansky Uyezd
Sennensky Uyezd
Shtetls
Jewish Belarusian history
Holocaust locations in Belarus
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