Крымские караимы и развитие табачной промышленности в Российской империи в конце XIX — начале XX века / Crimean Karaims and the Development of the Tobacco Industry in the Russian Empire from the Middle of the Nineteenth to the Early of the Twentieth Century
Journal: SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Year: 2019

This article focuses on the role of the Karaites in the economic development of the tobacco industry of the Russian Empire from the middle of the nineteenth and to the early twentieth centuries. The studied materials are preserved in the State Archive of the Republic of Crimea, the Russian State Historical Archive, the State Archive of Mykolaiv region, various thematic directories, collections of statistics and materials of periodicals. It is concluded that the Karaites made a significant contri