The Last of Us: How the Karaites, Crimea's smallest indigenous people, survive under occupation
SOCIETY The Last of Us: How the Karaites, Crimea's smallest indigenous people, survive under occupation Yuriy Matsarsky 2 October 2024 In annexed Simferopol, a recently restored Karaite kenesa — originally built in 1896 — has started to deteriorate again. Despite ample restoration efforts from 2017 to 2022, it is once more in a state of disrepair. In Kharkiv, another Karaite kenesa was struck by a Russian missile in 2022, leaving the local community with no choice but to pray via Skype.