The monograph contains new materials in science on the scribes of Eastern Siberia, discovered, collected and studied by authors in hard-to-reach places. Scribes are studied as historical sources, ethnographic parallels, analogies are given, important conclusions are drawn about the connection of scribes with the Tunguska ethnic group. The book is of interest to historians, archaeologists, ethnographers, as well as everyone interested in the past of our Motherland.