The Evolution of the Documents Concerning the Matrimonial Relations in the Karaite Communities in the Crimea in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (According to the Materials Residing in the State Archive of the Republic of the Crimea)
Journal: Materials in Archaeology History and Ethnography of Tauria
Year: 2022

One of the most informative accounts of the past of the Karaite communities in the Crimea are the documents related to the regulation of marriage and family relations among the Karaites. Although the Russian authorities integrated the Karaites into the Russian linguistic and cultural space, the communal norms and tenets of the Karaite religion remained unchanged to the second half of the nineteenth century. In the sphere of matrimonial relations, the Karaites were guided by the teachings formula