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Zbarazh
Zbarazh ( Ukrainian: Збараж, Polish: Zbaraż, Yiddish: זבאריזש Zbarj) is a city in the Ternopil Oblast ( province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zbarazh Raion ( district), and is located in the historic region of Galicia. The current estimated population is around 13,000.
Zbarazh is one of the settings of Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel With Fire and Sword (1884) in which he gives a detailed description of the famous Siege of Zbarazh. Notable Jewish residents included rabbi Zev Wolf, the singer Velvel Zbarjer and the author Ida Fink.