The Crimean Karaites or Krymkaraylar (Crimean Karaim: Кърымкъарайлар sg. Кърымкъарай – Qrimqaray) are an ethnic group derived from Turkic-speaking adherents of Karaism, historically residing in the Crimea peninsula. Some Krymkaraylar moved to Eastern Europe during the 13th century and later migrated further into the territory of the Russian Empire of the time, notably to territories of modern Lithuania and Poland. "Karaim" is the name in Russian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Polish for a man from those religious communities.