A Russian court on Wednesday ruled to move prominent Yakutian shaman Alexander Gabyshev from a high-security psychiatric facility to a general hospital, his lawyer said. “This transfer ...

Starring: Alexei Guskov, Alexander Metelkin, Leonela Manturova, Alexei Shevchenkov, Alexei Rozin, Maxim Belborodov, Polina ...

Last year Russian state media reported that Kara-ool Dopchun-ool, known as Russia's "supreme shaman", had asked "the sun, the moon and the stars" to protect the Kremlin's troops in Ukraine.

Of particular interest is the example of an Evenki shaman's dwelling and ritual space including, galleries of wood carvings depicting spiritual animals, birds and fish. A shaman's tent is a conical ...