Telekhany is an
urban settlement in
Ivatsevichy Raion of the
Brest Region
Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative cen ...
in
Belarus
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. Name spelling variants: be, Целяханы: ''Celjahany'',''Tsseljahany'', sometimes ''Tselyakhani'', ''Celjachani''; pl, Telechany; russian: Телеханы: Telekhany, ''Telehany'', yi, : ''Telekhan'', ''Telechan'', ''Telechon''; other: ''Telekhani'', ''Telekani''.
Telekhany has about 4,500 inhabitants.
It is situated in the
Polesia
Polesia, Polesie, or Polesye, uk, Полісся (Polissia), pl, Polesie, russian: Полесье (Polesye) is a natural and historical region that starts from the farthest edge of Central Europe and encompasses Eastern Europe, including East ...
region by the
Oginski Canal
The Oginski Canal is a canal in Belarus which connects Yaselda River and Shchara River
The Shchara ( be, Шчара, Ščara, ; russian: Щара) is a river in Belarus, and is the left tributary of the Neman. It is in length, its catchment ar ...
.
[Михаил Ринский]
СУДЬБА МЕСТЕЧКА ТЕЛЕХАНЫ
(retrieved May 17, 2022), History of the town (in Russian)
History
Before 1939 it was part of the
Interwar Poland
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of the First World ...
, 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.][ ]
Notable residents
*George Koval
George Abramovich Koval ( rus, Жорж (Георгий) Абрамович Коваль, p=ˈʐorʐ (ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj) ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ kɐˈvalʲ, a=Ru-George Abramovich Koval.flac, Zhorzh Abramovich Koval; December 25, 1913 – January 31 ...
an American, a Soviet spy infiltrating the Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project w ...
Notes
External links
Photos on Globus.tut.by
(text in Russian)
Photos on Radzima.org
(mostly English)
Genealogy of the Ajzenberg/Eisenberg/Eizenberg family of Telechan
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** ttp://www.ajzenberg.com/Book/37.htm Section of book on Telechan from AJZENBERGS OF TELECHAN by Arthur Eisenberg
Populated places in Brest Region
Urban-type settlements in Belarus
Brest Litovsk Voivodeship
Pinsky Uyezd
Polesie Voivodeship
Shtetls
Jewish Belarusian history
Holocaust locations in Belarus
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