Tsyelyakhany

Tsyelyakhany or Telekhany (Belarusian: Целяханы, romanized: Cieliachany; Russian: Телеханы) is an urban-type settlement in Ivatsevichy District, Brest Region, Belarus.^[2] It is situated in the historical region of Polesia by the Oginski Canal.^[3] As of 2025, it has a population of 3,657.^[1]

Tsyelyakhany Целяханы (Belarusian) Телеханы (Russian) Telekhany
Urban-type settlement
Tsyelyakhany
Coordinates: 52°30′26″N 25°50′32″E
Country	Belarus
Region	Brest Region
District	Ivatsevichy District
Population  (2025)[1]
• Total	3,657
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

History

Main article: Tsyelyakhany Ghetto

Before 1939 it was part of the Interwar Poland, the seat of Gmina Telechany [pl], Powiat Kosówski, Polesie Voivodship [pl].^[4]

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.^[5][3][4][6]