Tungusic Collection

Two Tungus men and a woman with a cross on her chest, 1920-1939. Creator: Unknown
Two Tungus men and a woman with a cross on her chest, 1920-1939. From a collection which includes more than two hundred photographs taken during scientific expeditions into the most remote wilderness

Tutur Tungus. Dudovka camp. Old women twist threads from deer tendons, 1920-1939. Creator: Unknown
Tutur Tungus. Dudovka camp. Old women twist threads from deer tendons, 1920-1939. From a collection which includes more than two hundred photographs taken during scientific expeditions into the most

Yurt of the Ilga Tungus, 1920-1929. Creator: Unknown
Yurt of the Ilga Tungus, 1920-1929. From a collection which includes more than two hundred photographs taken during scientific expeditions into the most remote wilderness regions of Siberia at

Costumes de Différents Pays, Homme Toungouse, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Homme Toungouse, c1797

Portrait of a Tungu Man, c.1850. Creator: Carl Peter Mazer
Portrait of a Tungu Man, c.1850

Goldi people from Usuri, 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin
Goldi people from Usuri, 1865-1871. This album contains 154 photographs taken in the second half of the 1860s and 1870s by a local photographer from the Far East, V. V. Lanin. The merchant V. P

Goldi from the upper reaches of the Usuri, 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin
Goldi from the upper reaches of the Usuri, 1865-1871. This album contains 154 photographs taken in the second half of the 1860s and 1870s by a local photographer from the Far East, V. V. Lanin

Deer Tungus from the Eastern Shore of Central Sakhalin, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Deer Tungus from the Eastern Shore of Central Sakhalin, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony

View of the peak and Shilka and tents of the Tungusic people. The explorer Billings rides a reindeer. From Joseph Billings

Tombs of the Tungusic natives of Chikhachyova Bay, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (Castries Bay, Tartary). Tomb interior 1, coffin of a rich man to be interred in the tomb 2

Tungus natives leaving winter camp, 1812-13 (coloured engraving)
468796 Tungus natives leaving winter camp, 1812-13 (coloured engraving) by Karnejeff, E. (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tungusic peoples are a Siberian culture group)

Language (colour litho)
3650025 Language (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Language. Map showing the distribution of the principal languages of the world)

Asia (coloured engraving)
3630125 Asia (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Asia. Illustration from Die Welt in Bildern (Braun & Schneider, Munich)

A Tungusian Shaman (coloured engraving)
CHT163376 A Tungusian Shaman (coloured engraving) by Russian School (18th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; Russian, out of copyright

Discovery of the body of a woolly mammoth in Siberia (coloured engraving)
3630118 Discovery of the body of a woolly mammoth in Siberia (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Nisovian Tunguzian in his Winter Habit, c18th century. Nizovian Tungusic (Indigenous Siberian) hunter with bow and trident, holding two dead mink or ermines

Religious Ceremonies of the Nisovian Tunguzians, c1748. Indigenous Siberians sacrificing animals. A corpse lies exposed to the elements on a platform above

Tunusic Shaman from Turukhansk, Siberia, Russia
Among the Tungusic peoples of Siberia, shamanism is widespread. This picture shows a Shaman from Turukhansk, a village (selo) in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Siberia

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Discover the rich cultural heritage of the Tungusic peoples, indigenous to the vast expanses of Siberia and the Russian Far East, as depicted in these historic images. From the Goldi people of the Usuri River in the late 19th century (VV Lanin), to the Deer Tungus on Central Sakhalin's eastern shore in the late 19th to early 20th century (I.I. Pavlovsky), these captivating images offer a glimpse into their traditional way of life. Witness their tents, religious ceremonies, and winter habitats, as well as the stunning landscapes of Asia that have long been their home. Delve deeper into their history, language, and connection to the natural world through the depictions of their shamans, the discovery of woolly mammoths, and the Tombs of the Tungusic natives of Chikhachyova. These engravings, dating from the 18th to the late 19th century, provide a valuable record of the Tungusic peoples and their enduring traditions.