Bulava

Bulava is an Ulch settlement beside the lower Amur, where fishing and hunting sustained the people of the river and the surrounding forests. Local tradition connects its name with a shaman's staff, called a bulau in the Ulch language. Stories tell of a shaman who used his staff in healing and appealed to the spirits of the forest and the water for success in hunting and fishing. The wide Amur carries these waters towards its distant estuary.