Karaite Ethnographic Museum in New Trakai was built in 1938 on the initiative of the Karaite spiritual leader Seraya Shapshal in commemoration of the 540 year anniversary of the Tatars and Karaites in New Trakai and Lithuania […]
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Karaite Kenessa in New Trakai
A Karaite place of worship in New Trakai already stood in this place in the early 15th century. It was also wooden, as it is today, and burned down several times in history […]
A School of Karaites in New Trakai
The Karaites (Qaraites/Karaims) are the descendants of a Turkic tribe Kipchak, who were brought to Trakai in 1398 by Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas the Great […]
Napoleon’s Grande Armée in New Trakai in 1812
In June 1812, Napoleon’s soldiers crossed the River of Nemen and entered the territory of the Russian Empire including New Trakai and Vilnius as well […]