The relevance of the study is determined by the need to examine Russian-language literature from Russia’s regions, which artistically interprets the experience of cultural borderland. Aim. The article aims to identify and describe the main strategies of transculturation in poetry that embodies the phenomenon of Russian-Tatar borderland. The study is based on the poetic collections by R. Kutuy, R. Bukharaev, and A. Karimova. The methodological framework employs the structural-semiotic approach, the theory of local texts, and established scholarly principles for analyzing transcultural processes. The research has identified and systematized three dominant strategies for the artistic assimilation of borderland. The first, embodied in the works of R. Kutuy, is a synthesizing tendency that overcomes cultural oppositions: different national-artistic traditions acquire the status of mutually complementary and enriching principles, forming an integral image of the world and the self. The second path is represented by the poetry of R. Bukharaev, who experiences an identity crisis and a sense of alienation from both his native (Tatar) and Russian cultures. His works create an open, unfinished, rhizomatic picture of reality, correlating with the unstable, shifting position of the lyrical subject. The third approach is realized in the lyric poetry of A. Karimova, who addresses the problem of identity on a universal human level. For her lyrical heroine, the multiplicity of cultural traditions becomes material for profoundly personal expression. Turning to the poetics of a lyrical diary, she imbues private experiences with universal significance, transcending ethnocultural boundaries. It is demonstrated that each of the described strategies forms a unique subjective architectonics and imagery system.