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Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

Five thousand religious, mystical, Indigenous and esoteric lineages from around the world — what they are, where they came from, and where to read more.

Source-linked and transparently qualified. Editorial standards and correction criteria are public.

Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

Entries: 5,000
Candidate geography relations: 7,326
Candidate country vocabulary: 162

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Atlas 2343Open / public

Ankhan Tsogchen Dugan of Ivolginsky Datsan

Central, North & Inner Asian Order / organization

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Documented modern institution; current status should be checked with the institution
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 2353Institution-specific

Aginsky Datsan Dechen Lhundubling

Central, North & Inner Asian Order / organization

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Documented modern institution; current status should be checked with the institution
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 2354Institution-specific

Ustuu-Khuree monastic institution

Central, North & Inner Asian Order / organization

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Documented modern institution; current status should be checked with the institution
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 2472Institution-specific

Church of the Last Testament

Modern Spiritual Movements Order / organization

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Historical organization ordered liquidated in 2022; founder sentenced in 2025
Evidence status: Classification contested

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 2954Scholarly / historical only

Whale Bone Alley ritual complex

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: 14th–20th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 3351Community-bound / restricted

Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: 10th–15th centuries; later pilgrimage memory
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 3352Scholarly / historical only

Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Neolithic period
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 3353Scholarly / historical only

Treasures of the Pazyryk Culture

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: 6th–2nd centuries BCE
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4249Institution-specific

Atsagat Datsan Buddhist institution

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Founded in the nineteenth century; revived
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4250Community-bound / restricted

Barguzin Buryat ritual-song tradition

Central, North & Inner Asian Practice / discipline

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Longstanding; living regional transmission
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4251Institution-specific

Khoimor Maidari Khural white-elephant tradition

Central, North & Inner Asian Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Longstanding regional form; living institutional transmission
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4252Institution-specific

Tsugol Datsan Buddhist institution

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Founded in 1801; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4253Institution-specific

Sartul-Gegetuy Datsan

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Founded in the eighteenth century; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4254Institution-specific

Egituysky Datsan Buddhist institution

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Founded in the nineteenth century; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4255Institution-specific

Atagan-Dyrestuy Datsan

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Founded in the eighteenth century; living restoration
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4256Institution-specific

Alarsky Datsan Dashi Choinkhorling

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Nineteenth-century origins; living revival
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4411Community-bound / restricted

Nivkh bear festival

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Ancestral tradition; historical documentation and limited revival
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4414Community-bound / restricted

Chukchi Kilvei reindeer-birth ceremony

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Ancestral tradition; living continuities
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4444Community-bound / restricted

Union of Slavic Native Belief Communities

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: 1997–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4445Institution-specific

Circle of Pagan Tradition

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: 2002–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4447Institution-specific

Ynglism

Pagan & Reconstructionist New religious movement

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: 1990s–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4462Open / public

Ringing Cedars movement

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: 1996–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4753Institution-specific

Pandito Khambo Lama institution

Central, North & Inner Asian Order / organization

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: 18th century–present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 4754Institution-specific

Kamby Lama of Tuva institution

Central, North & Inner Asian Order / organization

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Modern restoration–present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesRussia

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