TY JOUR TI THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE KARAITES IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE AND THE CREATION OF KARAITE SELF-GOVERNMENT BODIES (END OF THE 18TH – FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY) KW Russian Empire KW Crimea KW legislation KW Karaites KW Rabanite Jews KW bodies of confessional self-government. JO SCIENTIFIC NOTES OF V. I. VERNADSKY CRIMEAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY. HISTORICAL SCIENCE AU Tkachev, A.S. PY 2025 IS 11 PB V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University