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Karaim cemetery

Караїмське кладовище
Караимское кладбище
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Ranked #34 of 179 in Ukraine

Ranked #3 of 7 in Crimea

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06-09-2018

Tombstones with various inscriptions are scattered throughout the territory of the grave between the vegetation. In most cases, the inscriptions contain citations from the Old Testament. Plates installed at a later times have inscriptions in two languages: Jewish and Russian. Нistorians account from 5 to 10 thousand plates on this cemetery. Some of them are long underground. During ancient times Crimean Karaims created their burial, that was named Balta Thimez (translated "The Ax won't touch"). At the entrance you can see a plate on which there is a detailed story about who the Karaites...

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