Alison Shuman Photographer

Documentary and travel photographer

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    • the kryashen
    • minarets and onion domes
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    A girl plays outside Tikhvinskaya Church in central Kazan; the minaret of the Soltan Mosque can be seen just across the street. Tikhvinskaya is the only Kryashen church in Kazan.
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    A Kryashen woman crosses herself in front of an icon at the Tikhvinskaya Church in central Kazan, Russia.
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    Father Pavel leads Sunday services at Tikhvinskaya Church in central Kazan, Russia.
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    Father Pavel leads Sunday services at Tikhvinskaya Church in central Kazan, Russia.
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    A young girl helps her grandmother with chores in the Kryashen village of Kuluschi in the Mamadishsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    Generations of Kryashens live in this Kryashen village in the Sarmonovsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    Villagers in the Kryashen village of Dyusmetyevo in the Mamadysh region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    Boris Lukish Chebishev holds a family photo dating back to the 1930s in the Kryashen village of Kuluschi in the Mamadishsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    Polina Petrovna Chebisheva poses in traditional Kryashen dress in the village of Kuluschi in the Mamadishsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    A former church, used as a social club in the Soviet era, sits decaying in the Kryashen village of Kuluschi in the Mamadishsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    A dual-language bible, Kryashen on the left and Tatar on the right.
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    A babushka attends Sunday services in the Kryashen village of Lyaki in the Sarmonovsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    A young girl kisses the cross during a church re-opening ceremony in the Kaibitsi region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    A priest leads a church re-opening ceremony in the Kaibitsi region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    Villagers encircle a birch tree and sing songs during the celebration of Troitza in the village of Ulten-Buga in the Almetevsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    A modest museum of the Kryashen people sits inside the "House of Friendship" in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia.
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    Metropolitan Anastasi leads services during the 25th anniversary of the reopening of the Tikhvinskaya Church in Kazan, Russia.
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    A Kryashen ensemble performs in the village of Lyaki in the Sarmonovsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    A Kryashen ensemble performs in the village of Lyaki in the Sarmonovsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    Beauty contestants line up to go on stage during Petrov Den in the Mamadishsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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    In the early morning hours, contestants tae their turn jumping over a bonfire during Petrov Den in the Mamadishsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
  • galleries
    • it takes a village
    • the kryashen
    • minarets and onion domes
    • rites of spring
    • growing up positive
    • instagram
  • books/prints
  • bio
  • contact
  • blog
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