Savran, Ukraine
Savran ( uk, Савра́нь, ) is an urban-type settlement in Odesa Oblast (Oblast, province) of south-western Ukraine. It is located northeast of Balta, Odesa Oblast, Balta. Population: Until World War II it had a sizeable Jewish community, which numbered 1198 in 1900. It had been the center of the Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic Savran (Hasidic dynasty), Savran dynasty. Notable people from Savran * Rabbi Moshe Zvi of Savran, Moshe Zvi Giterman, rabbi of Savran and a Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic Rebbe#Chasidic rebbe, rebbe * Elisa Lispector, Brazilian novelist and older sister of Clarice Lispector. References

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