Subbotniks
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Subbotniks is a common name for adherents of Russian religious movements that split from Sabbatarian sects in the late 18th century.
A Subbotnik, early 20th century
Crimean Karaites
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Crimean Karaites or simply Karaites, also known more broadly as Eastern European Karaites, are a traditionally Turkic-speaking Judaic ethnoreligious group native to Crimea. Nowadays, most Karaim in Ea
Subbotniks
…peasants, who noted their practice of some Jewish customs. During the Holocaust, Nazis killed thousands of Subbotniks. By contrast, they did not attack Crimean Karaites, accepting the state's records that they were ethnic Tatars (or Khazars). Following their massacre in the Holocaust, the Subbotniks came to have an…
Karaite men in traditional garb, Crimea, 19th century.
Cemetery near Feodosia (Crimea)
Former Karaim Kenesa in Kyiv
Showcase of the Crimean Karaites traditional lifestyle in Trakai, Lithuania