Talachyn

Town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus

Talachyn Flag Coat of arms
54°25′N 29°42′E / 54.417°N 29.700°E / 54.417; 29.700
Country	Belarus
Region	Vitebsk Region
District	Talachyn District
First mentioned	1433
Elevation	199 m (653 ft)
Population (2024)^[1]
• Total	9,666
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code	211070
Area code	+375 2136
License plate	2

Talachyn or Tolochin (Belarusian: Талачын, romanized: Talačyn,^[a] IPA: [taɫaˈtʂɨn]; Russian: Толочин; Polish: Tołoczyn; Yiddish: טאָלאָטשין; Lithuanian: Talačynas) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Talachyn District.^[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 9,666.^[1]

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.^[2] In March 1942 the Germans killed more than 2,000 Jews from the city and its suburbs in a mass execution.^[3] 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 (Catholic)
Church of the Holy Intercession (or: of the Protection of Our Lady)
Pokrovsky Monastery
Basilian Monastery, Talachyn
Brothers' Cemetery (military cemetery)
War Memorial

Notable citizens

Jacob Rutstein

Notes

^ Official transliteration.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
^ "My shtetl\Tolochin". Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
^ "- Online Guide of Murder Sites of Jews in the Former USSR - Yad Vashem".