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. 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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Coordinates: 48°08′N 30°05′E / 48.133°N 30.083°E
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