Now 78-year old, Agafia Lykova first saw people other than her immediate family at the age of 34, when their shack in the woods was accidentally discovered by a Soviet geological team. The family of Old Believers, traditionalist Orthodox Christian dissenters, fled civilization in the remote Siberian taiga. The Lykovs, then a family of 5, instantly turned into a national phenomenon. These days Agafia also receives quite a few visitors throughout the year and is more eager to accept help, but she is still very self-sufficient and highly religious. Although she may still look like a 19th century peasant, she’s recently agreed to have a solar panel installed on the roof of her hut to make sure that her satellite phone, which is her only tether to the outside world, stays charged. What is her life like?
These days Agafia receives quite a few visitors throughout the year and is more eager to accept help, but she is still very self-sufficient and highly religious. Although may still looks like a 19th century peasant, she’s recently agreed to have a solar panel installed on the roof of her hut to make sure that her satellite phone, which is her only tether to the outside world, stays charged. Otherwise, it’s just her two goats, numerous cats and dogs who keep her company in this remote but not quite god-forsaken part of the Siberian taiga.
Agafia
