Savran
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Savran (Ukrainian: Саврань) is a town in the Odessa Oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine. It is located 26 miles NE of Balta.
Until World War II it had a sizeable Jewish community, which numbered 3198 in 1900.
The town had a Jewish community and it had been the center of the Hasidic Savran dynasty.
[edit] Notable people from Savran
- Rabbi Moshe Zvi Giterman, rabbi of Savran and a Hasidic rebbe
- Elisa Lispector, Brazilian novelist and older sister of Clarice Lispector.
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