Savran ( uk, Савра́нь, ) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

Odesa Oblast Odesa Oblast ( uk, Оде́ська о́бласть, translit=Odeska oblast), also referred to as Odeshchyna ( uk, Оде́щина) is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administr ...

(

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) of south-western

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. It is located northeast of

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. Population: Until

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it had a sizeable

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ish community, which numbered 1198 in 1900. It had been the center of the

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Savran dynasty.

Notable people from Savran

* Rabbi Moshe Zvi Giterman, rabbi of Savran and a

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Elisa Lispector Elisa Lispector (born as Leah Pinkhasovna Lispector; July 24, 1911, Savran, Podolia – January 6, 1989, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian novelist. She was the older sister of Clarice Lispector. The sisters' birthplace, Podolia, Russian Empire ...

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ian novelist and older sister of

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References

Urban-type settlements in Podilsk Raion Bratslav Voivodeship Baltsky Uyezd Jewish Ukrainian history Shtetls {{Odessa-geo-stub