Under the towering Qul Sharif Mosque, Tatars and Russians stroll by Kazan's Kremlin.- Parishioners gather for at Annunciation Cathedral in Kazan's Kremlin during the festival of Our Lady of Kazan, one of the most highly venerated icons in Russian Orthodoxy.
- Muslims pray at the Azimov Mosque, one of the oldest mosques in Kazan.
- Muslims attend Friday prayers at the Qul Sharif Mosque in Kazan's Kremlin.
- In the Church of the Miracles Workers of Yaroslavl, the only working church during the Soviet period, Orthodox Christians celebrate The Transfiguration of Christ.
- A Muslim woman walks through downtown Kazan where the mix of Tatars and Russians, Muslims and Christians is most readily apparent.
- Most of Kazan's clergy received their education at the Kazan Seminary, known across Russia to be more open-minded.
- After early morning prayers, Muslims gather sheep for slaughter during Eid al-Adha. Tatars practice the Sunni Halafi school of Islam, one of the more moderate branches of the religion.
- A man jumps into the icy water at Raifa Monastery to celebrate the baptism of Christ.
- Russian and Tatar models and designers wait backstage for the show to begin during the annual Muslim women's clothing designer competition.
- Two elderly women, affectionately called babushkas, or grandmothers, have a private moment at the Sedmioznaya Monastery on the outskirts of Kazan.
- Sisters Alsu and Albina hang out in the room they share in their parent's apartment.
- Students at Tatar Gymnasia #2 practice a traditional Tatar dance. The school is one of a handful of Tatar only schools in Kazan.
- Students attend classes at the Kazan Islamic College. People from all over Russia, including Dagestan and Chechnya, come to study at Kazan’s various Islamic institutions.
- The early morning light silhouettes people climbing the stairs to the Kremlin. The statue to the right honors a Tatar poet killed in battle during WWII.
- On Easter, the Orthodox church, including Archbishop Anastasy (center), presents gifts to the Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan Farid Muhametshin.
- Tatar nationalists celebrate the Day of Remembrance, a yearly event that honors those who sacrificed their lives for the Kazan Khanate in the 1552 battle against Ivan the Terrible.
- While the city center gets a glitzy makeover, much of the Old Tatar Settlement remains in disrepair.
- A child plays outside Tikhvinskaya Church. Situated across the street from the ancient Sultan Mosque, this is the only church in Kazan for Christian Tatars.
- Both Russian and Tatar veterans are honored during Victory Day, a celebration to mark the day that the Russian army defeated the Germans in WWII.
- Diners sit inside Meat House, a popular cafe on Bauman St., Kazan's main pedestrian walkway.
- Under the warm glow of the Kremlin, a woman wades into the Kazanka River.
