It is not just any idol; it is the idol of the master of the Angara taiga! At the top of a hill located on the left bank of the Taseeva River in the Motygino district of Krasnoyarsk Krai, there is an unusual ancient monument – a carving made from a sandstone boulder with a male face engraved on it. The Ust-Taseeva idol was discovered in 1976. It dates back to the early Iron Age (4th–1st centuries BCE) and is considered one of the northernmost stone carvings in Asia. Many legends are associated with it, for example, one says that if you fall asleep there, you will have very realistic and terrifying dreams. In a strong storm, lightning always strikes the hill: after discovering this peculiar feature, the people living there erected the sculpture and began offering it gifts. Many tribes "refined" its appearance to make it resemble them. Initially, it resembled the Siberian Scythians – with a beard, mustache, and furrowed brows. By the time of the Russian colonization of Siberia, it had acquired more Mongoloid facial features. Scientists believe that when the Tungus people became familiar with tobacco, they decided to share this valuable discovery with the idol: thus, it received a hole for a pipe.