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Posted on 2/1/13 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 2/1/13 at 2:00 pm
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An extremely fascinating story. However, it is quite a long read (I read it over two days myself). The family, a member of a minority Russian Orthodox sect, escaped Bolshevik persecution by fleeing deep into the Siberian wilderness. The family lived in total isolation for forty years until they were discovered by Soviet geologists. The fact that they survived such brutal conditions is astonishing.
An extremely fascinating story. However, it is quite a long read (I read it over two days myself). The family, a member of a minority Russian Orthodox sect, escaped Bolshevik persecution by fleeing deep into the Siberian wilderness. The family lived in total isolation for forty years until they were discovered by Soviet geologists. The fact that they survived such brutal conditions is astonishing.
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Posted on 2/1/13 at 2:01 pm to wdeinttown
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Posted on 2/1/13 at 2:02 pm to JDM1992
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What'd you know? Russia has their version of West Virginia too
No, they didn't burn mattresses and other home furnishings to entertain themselves.
Posted on 2/1/13 at 2:05 pm to wdeinttown
Where is the rest of the story?
Posted on 2/1/13 at 2:06 pm to wdeinttown
Read this last night, posted it on my FB. Remarkable story.
Posted on 2/1/13 at 2:15 pm to wdeinttown
That was depressing. :(
Posted on 2/1/13 at 2:16 pm to wdeinttown
Pretty crazy.
I love Smithsonianmag.com too.
I love Smithsonianmag.com too.
Posted on 2/1/13 at 2:37 pm to wdeinttown
Awesome read. Thanks for sharing
Posted on 2/1/13 at 5:25 pm to wdeinttown
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(I read it over two days myself)
Seriously?
Posted on 2/1/13 at 6:42 pm to wdeinttown
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Famine was an ever-present danger in these circumstances, and in 1961 it snowed in June. The hard frost killed everything growing in their garden, and by spring the family had been reduced to eating shoes and bark. Akulina chose to see her children fed, and that year she died of starvation. The rest of the family were saved by what they regarded as a miracle: a single grain of rye sprouted in their pea patch. The Lykovs put up a fence around the shoot and guarded it zealously night and day to keep off mice and squirrels. At harvest time, the solitary spike yielded 18 grains, and from this they painstakingly rebuilt their rye crop.
holy moly.
Posted on 2/1/13 at 9:01 pm to Vidic
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Awesome read. Thanks for sharing
Posted on 2/2/13 at 2:51 am to wdeinttown
Really enjoyed that. Incredible story.
Posted on 2/2/13 at 10:07 am to Jefferson Davis
I hope they went back to check on her periodically and when/if they found her dead, buried her with the rest of her family. This is how the article ended...
Karp Lykov died in his sleep on February 16, 1988, 27 years to the day after his wife, Akulina. Agafia buried him on the mountain slopes with the help of the geologists, then turned and headed back to her home. The Lord would provide, and she would stay, she said—as indeed she has. A quarter of a century later, now in her seventies herself, this child of the taiga lives on alone, high above the Abakan.
She will not leave. But we must leave her, seen through the eyes of Yerofei on the day of her father's funeral:
I looked back to wave at Agafia. She was standing by the river break like a statue. She wasn't crying. She nodded: 'Go on, go on.' We went another kilometer and I looked back. She was still standing there.
Karp Lykov died in his sleep on February 16, 1988, 27 years to the day after his wife, Akulina. Agafia buried him on the mountain slopes with the help of the geologists, then turned and headed back to her home. The Lord would provide, and she would stay, she said—as indeed she has. A quarter of a century later, now in her seventies herself, this child of the taiga lives on alone, high above the Abakan.
She will not leave. But we must leave her, seen through the eyes of Yerofei on the day of her father's funeral:
I looked back to wave at Agafia. She was standing by the river break like a statue. She wasn't crying. She nodded: 'Go on, go on.' We went another kilometer and I looked back. She was still standing there.
Posted on 2/2/13 at 10:08 am to wdeinttown
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Excellent story.
Excellent story.
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Posted on 2/2/13 at 10:33 am to wdeinttown
That's a crazy story.
Posted on 4/22/13 at 1:42 am to wdeinttown
Posted on 4/22/13 at 1:16 pm to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
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Vice - Surviving in the Siberian Wilderness for 70 years
That's pretty interesting ... this thread is interesting. I remember reading about this somewhere before.
I always wondered how much incest might have been going-on up there?
My favorite escape to the wilderness story is that of Dick Proenneke Alone in the Wilderness
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Posted on 4/22/13 at 1:39 pm to wdeinttown
Great post.
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