Здание бывшей караимской кенасы. Большая Никитская ул., дом nº19

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Old urban estate of the XVIII century Princess K.F. Shakhovskaya-Glebova-Streshneva rebuilt in 1884. The main house was handed over for weddings and celebrations, while in 1904 the second floor did not rented for a long time for his meetings the Moscow community of Karaimov. After Manifesta Nicholas II on the versoity of April 12, 1905, the Karais received the resolution of the Grador to the opening of the temple - Kenasi. With Kenas, a public relationship was created by the Poor Karaim and the Karaite Library opened. Emperor Nicholas II, three manufacturers, tobacco producers and Papiri - Katyk with Vorontsovsky Pigit with a large garden Gabai from the Yamsky Field, and a few more rich industrialists - Karaimov, and a few more rich industrialists. Karaite tobacco factories entered the modern history of the city, like the "Red Star", "Dukat", "Java". For the burial of a small area of the Jewish cemetery in Dorobomylovo Jews provided Karaimam.