If the file has been modified from it. The Lipka Tatars (Lipka – corrupt pronunciation of Lithuania, also known as Lithuanian Tatars; later also – Polish Tatars, Polish-Lithuanian Tatars, Lipkowie, Lipcani, Muślimi, Lietuvos totoriai) are a Turkic ethnic group who originally settled in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the beginning of the 14th century. The first Tatar settlers tried to preserve their shamanistic religion and.