In the early 20th century, in the village of Maly Krasny Yar, part of the Nikolayevsk volost of the Nikolayevsky district in Samara province, two schismatic prayer houses operated. Besides Orthodoxy, schism was traditionally widespread here. In 1906, there were 776 Orthodox men and 822 women living in Krasny Yar, as well as 41 men and 39 women of the priestless sect, and 129 men and 143 women of the runaway priest sect. That same year, the latter community built a prayer house on their land. In 1910, the village had 510 households with 1,097 men and 1,126 women. The runaway priest prayer house closed in the 1930s.

In 1911, thanks to the efforts of Bishop Tikhon of the Urals and other benefactors, a church of the Old Believers was built in Maly Krasny Yar in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. The church building was wooden on a stone foundation, with a bell tower, an iron roof, and one altar. The clergy included a priest and a psalmist. The Old Believer parish had 28 households, 70 men, and 71 women. The village also housed 78 men and 90 women of the Austrian schism, 170 men and 180 women of the priestless sect, and 150 men and 155 women of the runaway priest sect. In 1912, the runaway priests successfully petitioned for the construction of their wooden prayer house, which was built and opened a year later.

During Soviet rule, the village became the center of the Maly-Krasnoyarsk village council of the Nikolayevsk volost of the Pugachev district. In 1926, Maly Krasny Yar had 210 households, 504 men, and 571 women. A new primary school opened instead of the parish school, and services in the prayer houses and the Old Believer church ceased.