"Lechowitz", "Lyakhovtsy", "Liachovitz", "Lachowce",  "Lakhovtsy", "Belogor'ye" (Russian)

Lat: 50° 00', Long: 26° 25'

*Note About the Town Name*

Researchers of Bilohiria have significant challenges related to the town name. Jewish residents knew the town as "Lechowitz" or "Lechevitz," but there were other towns with the same or similar names. The larger town of Lechovich  (Lyakovichi) in the Belarus is where most researchers find themselves. In fact, the surname database in the Belarus town contains at least some names of people who were actually from the Lechowitz that is currently within the Ukraine. To add to the confusion, both the old version of the town's name (Lechowitz, Lechevitz, Lyakhovtsy, Lachowce...) and the new version (Bilohiria, Belogor'ye, Belogoria, Bilohiriya...) have multiple spelling variations. You may have to try every variation to find your results. This web page uses the names Bilohirya and Lechowitz, depending on context.

Maps

Bilohirya as shown  on Mapquest (choose Khmelnytskyi Oblast)