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After their wanderings around Armenia, Persia, and Media, the Karaites came to Crimea during the time of Persian King Kambiz II (6th century BCE). A further story bolstering this version of Karaite history was that around the year 750 CE, the Karaites tried to convert the Khazars to Karaite Judaism.
https:// shavei.org/karaite-jews-in-crimea/
So they were Khazars (etno turkish sub tribe), or (more probably) a subgroup that lived among them.
Karaites are a subsect of the sect Sadducees,
The Sadducees sect fulfilled various political, social, and religious roles. The priests were responsible for performing sacrifices at the Temple
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadducees
The Hebrew Scriptures, which the Pharisees knew well, associate the serpent with Satan in Genesis 3. For John to call the Pharisees a “brood of vipers” implies that they bore satanic qualities. This idea is clearly stated by Jesus in John 8:44, where He says the unbelieving Jews “belong to [their] father, the devil.” When John and Jesus called the Pharisees a “brood of vipers,” they were pointing out that these men were deceitful, dangerous, and wicked—deceitful in that they were hypocrites (Matthew 23:15); dangerous in that they were blind leaders of the blind (Matthew 15:14); and wicked in that their hearts were full of murder (John 8:37).
https:// www.gotquestions.org/brood-of-vipers.html