Surviving in the Siberian Wilderness for 70 Years (Full Length)
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.
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.
Recommended by 4 HN commenters across 4 different months, 2014 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec frncscgmz · 2014-02 · on “For 40 years, this Russian family was cut of from all human contact”
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: [this video]
Recommends aresant · 2016-08 · on “A Russian Family Was Isolated for 40 Years, Unaware of WWII (2013)”
Vice did a fun piece on this family a few years back that - on location - captures the environment they survived in -> [this video]
Recommends verylittlemeat · 2020-12 · on “Early humans may have survived the harsh winters by hibernating”
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. [this video]
Recommends Rendello · 2023-09 · on “Yenish people”
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] [this video]
Cites dogma1138 · 2015-08 · on “A Russian Family Was Isolated for 40 Years, Unaware of WWII (2013)”
VICE has made a documentary about Agafia who is still alive and is still living in the wilderness. [this video] It's quite amazing that some one at 72 who grew up malnourished and without access to modern medicine can still be in a good enough shape to survive in one of the harshest environments man has ever lived.
Cites Pyxl101 · 2015-08 · on “A Russian Family Was Isolated for 40 Years, Unaware of WWII (2013)”
You take such a mature and balanced approach toward content on the site. The content is interesting and thought provoking. It's why HN is my primary source of daily news. Please keep it up! I'm now watching the 35 minute documentary about Agafia and surviving in the Siberian wilderness. [this video] A metaphor just occurred to me: Hacker News is like a better Internet version of what the Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel used to be in their golden days (back when MTV played music videos, before reality TV). HN is much better than that, since those were still TV, and did not cover business and leadership, but that's the best analogy I can come up with at the moment. I get far more
Cites Strom · 2016-03 · on “Can a Living Creature Be as Big as a Galaxy?”
Isolated families surviving does happen indeed. A good example is the Lykov family who were completely isolated for over 40 years. [1][2] However they brought with them tools made by others before starting their isolated life, like steel axes. They also imported education & language. I haven't heard of any isolated family success stories that start without any external help. -- [1] [LINK] [2] [this video]
Cites dominotw · 2016-07 · on “The new science of cute”
>Supposedly cats are technically not domesticated I have a Siberian cat from a breeder and I've compared him to pictures of Siberian cats that live in Siberian forest(in videos of [LINK] , i saw some of her cats. You can see one here [this video] ) and mine's definitely much more "cuter" .