| Official Name: | Zhar |
| Native Name: | Жар |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Vologda Oblast#Russia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Russia |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vologda Oblast |
| Subdivision Name3: | Syamzhensky District |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Utc Offset1: | +3:00 |
| Coordinates: | 59.9333°N 54°W[1] |
Zhar (Russian: Жар) is a rural locality (a village) in Zhityovskoye Rural Settlement, Syamzhensky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 17 as of 2002.[2]
Zhar is located 28 km southeast of Syamzha (the district's administrative centre) by road. Staraya is the nearest rural locality.[3]