Based on textual and photographic materials from the archive of A.S. Lukashkin, a Russian naturalist, archaeologist, and prominent public figure of the Russian diaspora, preserved in the Center for the Study of Far Eastern Emigration at Amur State University, this article attempts to reconstruct the connections between the shamanic costumes of the peoples of the Far Eastern frontier and the religious and sacred landscapes. It is noted that shamanic costumes in general, and those of the peoples of the Far Eastern borderlands in particular, are not merely elements of material and spiritual culture, but rather complex semiotic systems that served as markers of the presence of ethnic religions on the map of the religious landscape of Northeast China. The specific features of the shamanic costumes of the indigenous and immigrant peoples of this region – the Daurs, Solons, Numinčens, Oroqen, Golds, Orochs, Manzy, and others – recorded during expeditions by Russian and foreign scholars, reflected the specifics of ethno‑migration processes in the Far East, as well as historical, geographical, and cultural‑religious interethnic interaction. The shamanic costume acted as a unique semiotic bridge between the sacred and the profane, between the objectively and subjectively existing spheres of human life. Elements of the shamanic costume, shamanic attributes, and the sacred images and figures of the shamans themselves could also participate in marking sacred loci of the real religious landscape – through rock art, shamanic altars, cult sites (obo), and graves.

Key words: religious landscape, sacred landscape, Far Eastern frontier, borderlands, shamanism, indigenous peoples of the Far East, Russia, China

DOI: 10.22250/2072-8662-2026-2-109-123

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	Evgeniya A. Kontaleva – PhD, Assistant Professor of the Department of Religious Studies and History, Amur State University; 21 Ignatievskoe shosse, Blagoveshchensk, 675027, Russia; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Yana V. Zinenko – Candidate of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of the Department of Russian Studies and Russian Philology, Amur State University; 21 Ignatievskoe shosse, Blagoveshchensk, 675027, Russia; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.