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Surviving in the Siberian Wilderness for 70 Years (Full Length)

VICE · 8.2M views · 2013-04-09 · 35:45

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Overview

A VICE documentary that visits Agafia Lykova, last surviving member of the Lykov family of Old Believers who fled into the Siberian taiga in 1936. It shows how she lives in remote isolation and the outside world encroaching on it.

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It is linked in threads about the Lykov family as an on-location look at the environment they survived in.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2014–2023

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frncscgmz · 2014-02 · Strong recommendation

In case you haven't seen it, Vice made and excellent documentary about Agafia's life in Siberia. It's a sad yet inspiring story, I highly recommend it for anyone interested. Heres the link: [VIDEO]

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Rendello · 2023-09 · Recommendation

There's a fascinating family of old believers who escaped to the Russian Taiga in 1936 to escape persecution, with the surviving daughter living there to this day: [LINK] [VIDEO]

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verylittlemeat · 2020-12 · Recommendation

Some people might find this video interesting. Family that fled into the siberian taiga for 70 years to avoid religious persecution. One thing that stands out in my memory is how they said their main form of entertainment was sharing and analyzing their dreams. [VIDEO]

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