The '''Karimi''' (Crimeans) were originally a [[Persian Sufi]] class of [[Cuman]] merchants who controlled the trade routes through [[Crimea]] (Persian: Karima) where they interacted with [[Romaniot]] Jews of the [[Karaite]] persuasion. They were known for being the first [[Karaitizers]]. Their leaders believed they had Israelite ancestry and moved to Lithuania in 1396 where they became were known first as Turkic [[Karaimites]] before finally (after WW2) naming themselves [[Karaims]] after their now extinct clerical caste. Some People adopted the Karimi's religion were known as Subbotniks in the Russian empire. Such people include the descendants of them descend from the related proto-[[Molokan]] [[Keraites]] who arrived in the lands of [[Old Rus']] with [[Batu Khan]]'s [[Tatar invasion]].
