Shamanic idols of the "butterfly man" in the projection of Soviet foreign policy in the Far East in the second half of the 20th century

The purpose of the study is to trace the transformation of shamanic idols of the Amur peoples under the influence of Soviet foreign policy in the Far East in the second half of the 20th century. The scientific novelty of the article is to identify the connection between the development of international relations in the Soviet Far East in the second half of the 20th century and changes in the appearance and religious purpose of some samples of cult sculpture of the Amur peoples. The article reveals that in the second half of the 20th century, when international contacts with Japan and especially with China intensified, some shamanic idols of the Amur peoples acquired attributes associated with Japanese and Chinese shamanism, in particular wings made from black soybeans, which in Japan are used for the ritual of "exorcism". The results of the study showed that such borrowings are natural in conditions when the peoples of different states have common cultural roots, and the results of foreign policy can have religious "side effects".