Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Lipka Tatars (also known as Lithuanian Tatars Polish Tatars Lipkowie Lipcani or Muślimi) are a group of Tatars who originally settled in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the beginning of 14th century. The first settlers tried to preserve their shamanistic religion and sought asylum amongst the non-Christian Lithuanians. Towards the end of the 14th century another wave of Tatars – this time Muslims were invited into the Grand Duchy by Vytautas the Great.
