Research of traditional Nanai culture: description of sources and materials

The article deals with the sources and materials used in the study of the phenomenon of artistic integrity of the traditional culture of indigenous Nanai people who have traditionally lived on the Middle Amur Basin. Research of the Nanai culture has allowed the author to resolve a number of methodological problems in overcoming of the unbalanced study of cultural traditions of the Russian Far East, understanding of the specific features of the art. Application of the complex analysis explaining the peculiarities of the traditional culture development can facilitate the research of the phenomenon of artistic integrity of the traditional culture of the Amur region.