For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II

smithsonian magazine ^ | Mike Dash

[GodfearingTexan]

"beside a stream there was a dwelling. Blackened by time and rain, the hut was piled up on all sides with taiga rubbish—bark, poles, planks. If it hadn't been for a window the size of my backpack pocket, it would have been hard to believe that people lived there. But they did, no doubt about it.... Our arrival had been noticed, as we could see."

[cunning_fish]

Old Believers are a kind of Amish.
Most fled Russia after communist takeover, thus they were persecuted much earlier.
Most of them are living in South America, Australia, United States and kept their lifestyles.

[mylife]

So what we have people like that in the hills of WV. LOL

[fso301]

I have read other stories of Christians who fled into the Russian wilderness to escape persecution but none like this.

[marsh2]

wow. Interesting article. Thank you

[MestaMachine]

That was a truly amazing tale of man’s unconquerable and enduring spirit. Thank you so much for posting this.

[Art in Idaho]

True survivalists. . with a Christian core. . escaping communist persecution. . and we're supposed to give up our guns.

[TEXOKIE]

bfl

[PA Engineer]

Thank you for the wonderful post. BTTT.

[KoRn]

Awesome story!

[Focault's Pendulum]

Great story!

[The SISU kid]

Bookmark

[XHogPilot]

remarkable

[JZoback]

Bm

[Safetgiver]

Beverly HillsBillskyas? Think of how much easier their lives would have been with an AR-7. Damned Schumer.

[WKUHilltopper]

Amazing

[muir_redwoods]

In my opinion this is a story about how a manic delusion led a family into decades of isolation and deprivation. Sad.

[agere_contra]

In my opinion this is a story about how a manic delusion led a family into decades of isolation and deprivation. Sad.

How true that is.

A manic delusion called 'Communism' caused the death by shooting of Lykov's brother. He and his family escaped into the Siberian wilderness to avoid becoming some more of Stalin's statistics in the Great Terror.

I would have used the words 'evil' and 'tyrannical', but yes; Communism is also sad in its grinding destruction of human lives.

[DuncanWaring]

Ping.

[SkyPilot]

How did they ever survive without Government "assistance."