Savran is an urban-type settlement in Odessa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. It is located 26mi northeast of Balta and serves as the administrative center of Savran Raion. Population: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.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.
