Tolochin

Talachyn

Talachyn

Town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus

Talachyn or Tolochin (Belarusian: Талачын, romanized: Talačyn,[lower-alpha 1] 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]

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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.

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Notes

  1. Official transliteration.

References

  1. [1]
    "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.
  2. [2]
    "My shtetl\Tolochin". Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  3. [3]
    "- Online Guide of Murder Sites of Jews in the Former USSR - Yad Vashem".
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