But Mongolian officials failed to detain him ... Last year state media reported Russia’s chief shaman, Kara-ool Dopchun-ool, ...

On his feet were specially made reindeer-skin shaman boots. He’s a Darhad, one of the ethnic groups indigenous to northern Mongolia, next to the Russian border. Numbering some 20,000 ...

My Mongolian calendar for the trip was surprisingly full. I had an appointment with a shaman. I planned to search for wild horses and visit eagle hunters. In between, I would look for myself ...

She saw this shaman in her ceremonial headdress and coat (above), adorned with objects believed to ward off evil: a copper disk, braided ribbons, wild boar tusks. The scene evokes the Tuvan word ...

Mongolia and Tuva are considered home to the ... known as Russia's "supreme shaman", had asked "the sun, the moon and the stars" to protect the Kremlin's troops in Ukraine. Putin has also made ...

Reports suggest Putin consulted Mongolian and Siberian shamans for ... Not all shamans support Putin. In 2019, Shaman Alexander Gabyshev attempted to exorcise "the demon Putin," but was arrested ...