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

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly recommend it for anyone interested.”

    Sad yet inspiring documentary on Agafia's life in Siberia.

    frncscgmz, 2014-02 · Strong recommendation · in “For 40 years, this Russian family was cut of from all human contact”

  2. “Vice did a fun piece on this family a few years back that - on location - captures the environment they survived in ->”

    Fun on-location piece showing the environment the family survived in.

    aresant, 2016-08 · Recommendation · in “A Russian Family Was Isolated for 40 Years, Unaware of WWII (2013)”

  3. “Some people might find this video interesting.”

    Family fled into the taiga for 70 years.

    verylittlemeat, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “Early humans may have survived the harsh winters by hibernating”

  4. “There's a fascinating family of old believers who escaped to the Russian Taiga in 1936 to escape persecution”

    Family that escaped to the taiga in 1936.

    Rendello, 2023-09 · Recommendation · in “Yenish people”

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Topics: lykov family, siberia, taiga, old believers, isolation

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