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Revision as of 23:57, 25 July 2013 by 149.254.224.226 (talk) (Karaimism refers to the culture of the descendants of Crimean Karaites of Cuman origin who now live in mainly in Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Russia. Karaimism is defined by native Turkic belief in the Tura of Tengri alongside the teachings of th)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Karaimism refers to the culture of the descendants of Crimean Karaites of Cuman origin who now live in mainly in Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Russia. Karaimism is defined by native Turkic belief in the Tura of Tengri alongside the teachings of the prophets Buddha, Christ, and Muhammad. During the Russian Empire, the Tsar was anointed by both the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Chief Gahan of Karaimism. Many Jews in Saint Petersburg made use of an ingenious Russian play on words to appear as adherents of Karaimism in order to escape the discrimination they suffered in imperial Russia. The play on words intentionally attempted to confuse and conflate the plural Hebrew word Karaim (singular Karai) with the singular Kypchaq noun Karaim (plural Karaimlar). The confusion between Karaimism and Karaite Judaism has continued ever since.