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The Galician Karaites Part 4

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To the Lithuanian and the Crimean communities we were considered an aberration. Yes, the Karaites of Galicia were different, but those differences are what defined us as a people. And by writing these articles I hope that I have preserved the spirit of the Galicz Karaites and kept their memories alive.

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The Galician Karaites Part 3

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The love for horses was an essential characteristic of the Karaite community in Galicia. This agricultural dependancy was an essential difference that defined the communities from their Rabbinate brethren and one which was duly noted by the Europeans when they established relations with the communities. Horses also meant that the cartage industry was also a defining industry that provided the Kararites with economic stability.

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The Galician Karaites Part 2

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According to the theories developed by Seraja Szapszal (1873-1961) the head of the Polish-Lithuanian Community between the two World Wars, said that the Karaites were not really Jews at all but instead Turko-Khazar nomadic proselytes. The evidence he used was falsified but it had its advantage to avoid Nazi persecution.

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THe Galician Karaites

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Had it not been for the Galicz community, which was granted equal standing with the Christian citizens of the Hapsburg Empire, the similar privileges would never have been extended to the Russian communities by their Empress Catherine the Great who only did so after the personal request of the Hapsburg Emperor. Even so, the Russian communities never achieved the equal status that was bestowed on the Galicz community. And that as we that are historians, can say clearly, "is a fact."

Abdul Mirza, First Prince Yusupov

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In their family myth, the Princes Yusupov claimed descent from Tamerlane and the Prophet Mohammed. To explain their fabulous wealth, they claimed descent from the rulers of the Khanate of Crimea. While Wikipedia and Russian tourist guides treat this as history, the myth only gained a wider audience with the writings of Prince Felix Felixovich Yussupov in the 20th century.

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