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.
A Kryashen woman crosses herself in front of an icon at the Tikhvinskaya Church in central Kazan, Russia.
Father Pavel leads Sunday services at Tikhvinskaya Church in central Kazan, Russia.
Father Pavel leads Sunday services at Tikhvinskaya Church in central Kazan, Russia.
A young girl helps her grandmother with chores in the Kryashen village of Kuluschi in the Mamadishsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
Generations of Kryashens live in this Kryashen village in the Sarmonovsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
Villagers in the Kryashen village of Dyusmetyevo in the Mamadysh region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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.
Polina Petrovna Chebisheva poses in traditional Kryashen dress in the village of Kuluschi in the Mamadishsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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.
A dual-language bible, Kryashen on the left and Tatar on the right.
A babushka attends Sunday services in the Kryashen village of Lyaki in the Sarmonovsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
A young girl kisses the cross during a church re-opening ceremony in the Kaibitsi region of Tatarstan, Russia.
A priest leads a church re-opening ceremony in the Kaibitsi region of Tatarstan, Russia.
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.
A modest museum of the Kryashen people sits inside the "House of Friendship" in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia.
Metropolitan Anastasi leads services during the 25th anniversary of the reopening of the Tikhvinskaya Church in Kazan, Russia.
A Kryashen ensemble performs in the village of Lyaki in the Sarmonovsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
A Kryashen ensemble performs in the village of Lyaki in the Sarmonovsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
Beauty contestants line up to go on stage during Petrov Den in the Mamadishsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.
In the early morning hours, contestants tae their turn jumping over a bonfire during Petrov Den in the Mamadishsky region of Tatarstan, Russia.