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Talachyn
Sign in to saveTalachyn or Tolochin is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Talachyn District. As of 2025, it has a population of 9,542.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Talachyn
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Belarus-Talachyn-Church of Protection of Our Lady-2.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of the Protection of Our Lady
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- Flag_of_Talačyn_and_Talačyn_Rajon.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Tałačyn, Belarus.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150
- Settlement.shield_size
- 75
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
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- Belarus
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- Location in Belarus
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Belarus
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Vitebsk Region
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Talachyn District
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
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Talachyn or Tolochin is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Talachyn District. As of 2025, it has a population of 9,542.
==History== The town was first mentioned in 1433. Talachyn was a private town of the Sapieha, Szemiot and Sanguszko families, administratively located in the Vitebsk Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1604 Lew Sapieha founded a Basilian monastery, church, hospital, and schools. It was repeatedly seized by Russians during the Polish–Russian War of 1654–1667. It was a shtetl.