Talachyn or Tolochin (Belarusian: Талачын, romanized: Talačyn, IPA: [taɫaˈtʂɨn]; Russian: Толочин; Polish: Tołoczyn; Yiddish: טאָלאָטשין; Lithuanian: Talačynas) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus.

[2] In 1939, 1,292 Jews lived there, making up 21.2 percent of the total population of the town.

[3] The Germans established a ghetto in September or October 1941, which consisted of 15 houses and had 2,000 inmates.

[3] The Germans killed more than 2,000 Jews, according to estimates made by the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission.

[4] However, this figure is disputed, due to the pre-war Jewish population being significantly lower, and some Jews having been drafted or able to flee.