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The '''Lykov family''' ({{lang-ru|Лыков}}) was a [[Russia]]n family of [[Old Believer]]s.<ref name="smiths">{{cite web|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html|title=
The '''Lykov family''' ({{langx|ru|Лыков|translit=Lykov}}) is a Russian family of [[Old Believer]]s.<ref name="smiths">{{cite web|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html|title=For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II|author=Mike Dash|author-link=Mike Dash|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=30 January 2013|date=29 January 2013}}</ref> The family of six spent 42 years in partial isolation from human society in an otherwise uninhabited upland of [[Abakan Range]], in [[Tashtypsky District]] of [[Khakassia]] (southern [[Siberia]]). Since 1988, only one daughter, [[Agafia Lykova|Agafia]], survives. In a 2019 interview, Agafia explained how locals were in contact with the family through the years and, in the 1950s, there was a newspaper article about their family.<ref>12 December 2019. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfekjSD9g0g Agafya Lykova. Hidden history] (Youtube), [[Moscow Technological University (MIREA)]].</ref>
For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II|author=[[Mike Dash]]|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|accessdate=30 January 2013|date=29 January 2013}}</ref> The family of six is known for spending 42 years in complete isolation from human society in an otherwise uninhabited upland of [[Abakan Range]], in [[Tashtypsky District]] of [[Khakassia]] (southern [[Siberia]]). Since 1988, only one daughter, [[Agafia Lykova|Agafia]], survives.


Their story became well known following the 1994 publication of ''Lost in the Taiga: One Russian Family's Fifty-Year Struggle for Survival and Religious Freedom in the Siberian Wilderness'' by journalist [[Vasily Peskov]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peskov |first1=Vasiliy Mihaylovich |authorlink1=Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov |title=Lost in the Taiga: One Russian Family's Fifty-Year Struggle for Survival and Religious Freedom in the Siberian Wilderness |year=1994 |origyear=1990 |publisher=Doubleday |location= |isbn=978-0385472098 |page=254 }} {{lang-ru|Таёжный тупик}}
Their story became well known following the 1994 publication of ''Lost in the Taiga: One Russian Family's Fifty-Year Struggle for Survival and Religious Freedom in the Siberian Wilderness'' by journalist [[Vasily Peskov]].<ref name="Doubleday">{{cite book |last1=Peskov |first1=Vasiliy Mihaylovich |author-link1=Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov |title=Lost in the Taiga: One Russian Family's Fifty-Year Struggle for Survival and Religious Freedom in the Siberian Wilderness |year=1994 |orig-year=1990 |publisher=Doubleday |isbn=978-0385472098 |page=254 }} {{langx|ru|Таёжный тупик}}</ref>
</ref>


==History==
==History==


In 1936, their religion was under threat. After Karp Lykov's brother was killed by a [[Bolsheviks|Bolshevik]] patrol, Karp and Akulina Lykov with their two children, Savin and Natalia, fled their hometown of [[Lykovo]] ([[Tyumen Oblast]]) eastward. Two more children, Dmitry and Agafia, were born during the isolation. They ended up in a dwelling in the [[taiga]], near the [[Yerinat River]] ([[Abakan River|Abakan river]] basin), {{convert|250|km|mi}} from any settlement. In 1978 their location was discovered by a [[helicopter]] pilot, who was flying a [[geological survey|geological group]] into the region. The [[geologist]]s made contact with the family, but the Lykovs decided not to leave the place.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lykov Residence|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4610826,88.4277348,220m/data=!3m1!1e3|website=GoogleMaps.com|publisher=Google|accessdate=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="smiths"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Lykovo|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lykovo,+Tyumenskaya+oblast',+Russia,+627183/@56.3779736,65.9142598,3128m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x43b9f2d2a56b2b51:0x2dfae8c75538c7c0|website=GoogleMaps.com|publisher=Google|accessdate=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyQIGgeeYno Documentary on the Lykov family]. Youtube</ref>
In 1936, their religion was under threat. After Karp Lykov's brother was killed by a [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet]] patrol, Karp and Akulina Lykov with their two children, Savin and Natalia, fled their hometown of [[Lykovo]] ([[Tyumen Oblast]]) eastward. Two more children, Dmitry and Agafia, were born during the isolation. They ended up in a dwelling in the [[taiga]], near the [[Yerinat River]] ([[Abakan River|Abakan river]] basin), {{convert|250|km|mi}} from any settlement. In 1978, their location was discovered by a [[helicopter]] pilot, who was flying a [[geological survey|geological group]] into the region. The [[geologist]]s made contact with the family, but the Lykovs decided not to leave the place.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lykov Residence|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4610826,88.4277348,220m/data=!3m1!1e3|website=GoogleMaps.com|access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="smiths"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Lykovo|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lykovo,+Tyumenskaya+oblast',+Russia,+627183/@56.3779736,65.9142598,3128m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x43b9f2d2a56b2b51:0x2dfae8c75538c7c0|website=GoogleMaps.com|access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyQIGgeeYno Documentary on the Lykov family]. Youtube</ref>


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Akulina died of hunger in 1961, sacrificing herself during a period of intense food shortage so that her children might survive. Three of the children died in 1981: Savin and Natalia suffered from kidney failure, most likely a result of their harsh diet, while Dmitry died of pneumonia.<ref name="smiths"/> Karp died in 1988. He is survived by his daughter [[Agafia Lykova]], who has over the years accumulated a herd of goats and flock of chickens and has built herself a decent hut. For 18 years, Agafia lived with one of the geologists, Yerofei Sedov. She has remarked to [[VICE News]] on his uselessness and how she had to supply him with water.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt2AYafET68 Surviving in the Siberian Wilderness for 70 Years (Full Length)], [[Vice (magazine)#Website|Vice.com]]</ref> Yerofei died on 3 May 2015.<ref>[http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0230-friend-to-reclusive-hermit-dies-leaving-old-believer-all-alone-again-in-taiga/ Friend to reclusive hermit dies, leaving Old Believer all alone again in taiga], [[The Siberian Times]]</ref>{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} In that same year, Agafia received a helper, 53-year-old Georgy Danilov from [[Orenburg]], who came to her residence answering an [[open letter]] she had written requesting such.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} In 2016, she was airlifted out to a hospital in [[Tashtagol]], Russia, from her remote location near the Russian borders [[Kazakhstan–Russia border|with Kazakhstan]] and [[Mongolia–Russia border|with Mongolia]]. Her condition is related to [[cartilage]] deterioration in her lower extremities.<ref>{{Cite web|title = По распоряжению Амана Тулеева отшельница Агафья Лыкова проходит медицинское обследование в Таштагольской больнице|url = http://kemoblast.ru/news/healthcare/2016/01/14/po-rasporyazheniyu-amana-tuleeva-otshelnitsa-agafya-lykova-prohodit-meditsinskoe-obsledovanie-v-tashtagolskoj-bolnitse.html|website = Кемеровская область|date = 2016-01-14|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Morbid |first=Mr |date=2024-05-14 |title=The Lykov Family: 40 Years in Isolation from Civilization - Morbid Kuriosity |url=https://morbidkuriosity.com/the-lykov-family/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |language=en-US}}</ref> Agafia was treated at a hospital in [[Tashtagol]] and has since returned to the wilderness, where she still lives as of 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/siberian-hermit-75-who-lives-in-18th-century-refuses-to-be-moved-by-space-age|title=Siberian hermit, 75, who 'lives in 18th century' refuses to be moved by Space Age|work=[[The Siberian Times]]|access-date=12 December 2019}}</ref>
Akulina died of hunger in 1961, having sacrificed herself so that her children might survive. Three of the children died in 1981. Savin and Natalia suffered from kidney failure, most likely a result of their harsh diet. Dmitry died of pneumonia.<ref name="smiths"/>


Karp died in 1988. He is survived by his daughter [[Agafia Lykova]], who has over the years accumulated a cattle of goats and chickens as well as building for herself a decent hut. For about ten years, Agafia lived with one of the geologists, Yerofei Sedov. She has remarked to VICE News on his uselessness and how she must supply him with water.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt2AYafET68 Surviving in the Siberian Wilderness for 70 Years (Full Length)], [[Vice_(magazine)#Website|Vice.com]]</ref> Yerofei died on May 3, 2015.<ref>[http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0230-friend-to-reclusive-hermit-dies-leaving-old-believer-all-alone-again-in-taiga/ Friend to reclusive hermit dies, leaving Old Believer all alone again in taiga], [[The Siberian Times]]</ref>
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<ref>[http://rt.com/news/taiga-kremlin-hermits-gifts/ From Taiga to Kremlin: a hermit’s gifts for Medvedev]. rt.com. 24 February 2010</ref> In that same year, she received a helper, 53-year-old Georgy Danilov from Orenburg, who came to her residence answering an open letter she had written requesting such.<ref>[https://rtd.rt.com/films/agafia-lykova-documentary/ RT documentary on Agafia] helper identity in description, letter at end of film</ref> In 2016, she was airlifted out to a hospital in [[Tashtagol]], Russia, from her remote location near Kazakhstan's and Mongolia's borders. Her condition is related to cartilage deterioration in her lower extremities.<ref>{{Cite web|title = По распоряжению Амана Тулеева отшельница Агафья Лыкова проходит медицинское обследование в Таштагольской больнице|url = http://kemoblast.ru/news/healthcare/2016/01/14/po-rasporyazheniyu-amana-tuleeva-otshelnitsa-agafya-lykova-prohodit-meditsinskoe-obsledovanie-v-tashtagolskoj-bolnitse.html|website = Кемеровская область|date = 2016-01-14|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Siberia: Woman Who Lived Her Entire Life in Wilderness Airlifted to Hospital|url = http://sostrenews.com/siberia-woman-who-lived-her-entire-life-in-wilderness-airlifted-to-hospital/|website = [[Sostre News]]|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref> Agafia was treated at a hospital in [[Tashtagol]], and has since returned to the wilderness, where she still lives as of 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/siberian-hermit-75-who-lives-in-18th-century-refuses-to-be-moved-by-space-age|title=Siberian hermit, 75, who ‘lives in 18th century’ refuses to be moved by Space Age|work=[[The Siberian Times]]|accessdate=12 December 2019}}</ref>


==Family members==
==Family members==
Parents:
Parents:
* Karp Osipovich Lykov (c. 1901<ref name="Fyrnin">{{cite journal | url=http://a-nomalia.narod.ru/chip/1295-26.htm | title=Не таёжный тупик, а духовный путь Лыковых | author=Fyrnin, M. | journal=[[:ru:Чудеса и Приключения|«Чудеса и Приключения»]] | year=1995 | issue=12 |language=Russian}}</ref> – 16 February 1988) ({{lang-ru|Карп Лыков}})
* Karp Osipovich Lykov (c. 1901<ref name="Fyrnin">{{cite journal | url=http://a-nomalia.narod.ru/chip/1295-26.htm | title=Не таёжный тупик, а духовный путь Лыковых | author=Fyrnin, M. | journal=[[:ru:Чудеса и Приключения|«Чудеса и Приключения»]] | year=1995 | issue=12 |language=ru}}</ref> – 16 February 1988) ({{langx|ru|Карп Лыков}})
* Akulina Lykova (c. 1900<ref name="Russia Today documentary - Agafia">{{cite journal | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFK3DJ7Kn6s | title= Agafia. Hermit Surviving in Russian Wilderness for 70 years | author=Russia Today | journal= | year=2014 | issue= |language=Russian}}</ref> – 16 February 1961) (Акулина Лыкова)
* Akulina Lykov (c. 1900<ref name="Russia Today documentary – Agafia">{{cite journal | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFK3DJ7Kn6s | title= Agafia. Hermit Surviving in Russian Wilderness for 70 years | author=Russia Today | year=2014 |language=ru}}</ref> – 16 February 1961) (Акулина Лыкова)
Children:
Children:
* Savin (c. 1927<ref name="smiths"/><ref name="Fyrnin"/> – 1981) (Савин)
* Savin (c. 1927<ref name="smiths"/><ref name="Fyrnin"/>–1981) (Савин)
* Natalia (c. 1934<ref name="smiths"/><ref name="Fyrnin"/> – 1981) (Наталия)
* Natalia (c. 1934<ref name="smiths"/><ref name="Fyrnin"/>–1981) (Наталия)
* Dmitriy (1940<ref name="smiths"/> – 1981) (Дмитрий)
* Dmitriy (1940<ref name="smiths"/>–1981) (Дмитрий)
* [[Agafia_Lykova|Agafia]] (born 1944)<ref name="smiths"/> (Агафья)
* [[Agafia Lykova|Agafia]] (born 1944)<ref name="smiths"/> (Агафья)

==Media==
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The story of the Lykov family was told by the journalist [[Vasily Peskov]] in his book ''[[Lost in the Taiga: One Russian Family's Fifty-Year Struggle for Survival and Religious Freedom in the Siberian Wilderness]]'' (1994).<ref name="Doubleday"/> Peskov had written a series of reports on the family in the ''[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]'' newspaper in 1982. The book became a bestseller in [[France]], and the film rights were acquired by director [[Jean-Jacques Annaud]].


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''Far Out: Agafia's Taiga Life'' is a documentary film about Agafia Lykova at the age of 70.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.explorers.org/index.php/events/detail/nyc_film_series_far_out_agafias_taiga_life |title=The Explorers Club – Events – NYC – Film Series – Far Out: Agafia's Taiga Life |publisher=Explorers.org |date=28 March 2013 |access-date=7 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vice.com/far-out/agafias-taiga-life-part-1 |title=Agafia's Taiga Life |magazine=Vice |date=1 April 2013 |access-date=7 June 2013}}</ref>
==Publications==
The story of the Lykov family was told by the journalist [[Vasily Peskov]] in his book ''Lost in the Taiga: One Russian Family's Fifty-Year Struggle for Survival and Religious Freedom in the Siberian Wilderness'' (1994).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peskov |first1=Vasiliy Mihaylovich |authorlink1=Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov |title=Lost in the Taiga: One Russian Family's Fifty-Year Struggle for Survival and Religious Freedom in the Siberian Wilderness |year=1994 |origyear=1990 |publisher=Doubleday |location= |isbn=978-0385472098 |page=254 }} {{lang-ru|Таёжный тупик}}
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</ref> Peskov had written a series of reports on the family in the ''[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]'' newspaper in 1982. The book became a bestseller in [[France]], and the film rights were acquired by director [[Jean-Jacques Annaud]].


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''Agafia'' is a documentary film about Agafia Lykova, produced by [[RT (TV network)|RT (Russia Today)]]. It chronicles the history of Old Believers in Russia, the difficulties experienced by the documentary crew in travelling to Agafia's residence, the history of the Lykov family, animosity between Agafia and Yerofei Sedov, and Agafia's life in the taiga.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
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''Far Out: Agafia's Taiga Life'' is a documentary film about Agafia Lykova at the age of 70.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.explorers.org/index.php/events/detail/nyc_film_series_far_out_agafias_taiga_life |title=The Explorers Club - Events - NYC - Film Series - Far Out: Agafia’s Taiga Life |publisher=Explorers.org |date=28 March 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vice.com/far-out/agafias-taiga-life-part-1 |title=Agafia's Taiga Life &#124; VICE United States |magazine=Vice.com |date=1 April 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2013}}</ref>


During her isolation during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], author [[Elizabeth Gilbert]] heard about the family and was inspired to write a novel, ''The Snow Forest''. However, publication of the book was put on indefinite hold following public criticism, mostly from Ukrainians, that a book about Russia would be released during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref name="bailey2023">{{cite web | last=Bailey | first=Chelsea | title=Elizabeth Gilbert halts The Snow Forest novel over Ukraine war | publisher=BBC News | date=2023-06-13 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65884867 | access-date=2023-06-17}}</ref>
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''Agafia'' is a documentary film about Agafia Lykova, produced by [[RT (TV network)|RT (Russia Today)]]. It chronicles the history of Old Believers in Russia, the difficulties experienced by the documentary crew in travelling to Agafia's residence, the history of the Lykov family, animosity between Agafia and Yerofei Sedov, and Agafia's life in the taiga.<ref name="Agafia documentary">{{cite web |last1=Baydikov |first1=Pavel |last2=Buzuev |first2=Vitaly |title=Agafia - Russian Hermit Surviving in Taiga for 70 Years |url=https://rtd.rt.com/films/agafia-lykova-documentary/ |website=rtd.rt.com |publisher=Russia Today |accessdate=20 December 2019}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* 2 December 2019. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVqz2C8BuWc Agafya Lykova about her life. Part 1 (with English subtitles)] (YouTube), [[Moscow Technological University (MIREA)]].
* 23 September 2019. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpIZYA7KNQs Agafya Lykova 2019. A story about hemp (with English subtitles)] (YouTube), [[Moscow Technological University (MIREA)]].
* 11 April 2019. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDoYBJGKC8Y Agafia. All her life is an ascetic feat] (YouTube), [[Moscow Technological University (MIREA)]].


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Lykov
Лыков
Family
CountryRussia
Current regionAbakan Range
MembersAgafia
TraditionsOld Believers
Lykov family is located in Russia
Lykov family
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Location of the Lykov family's settlement in Russia

The Lykov family (Russian: Лыков, romanized: Lykov) is a Russian family of Old Believers.[1] The family of six spent 42 years in partial isolation from human society in an otherwise uninhabited upland of Abakan Range, in Tashtypsky District of Khakassia (southern Siberia). Since 1988, only one daughter, Agafia, survives. In a 2019 interview, Agafia explained how locals were in contact with the family through the years and, in the 1950s, there was a newspaper article about their family.[2]

Their story became well known following the 1994 publication of Lost in the Taiga: One Russian Family's Fifty-Year Struggle for Survival and Religious Freedom in the Siberian Wilderness by journalist Vasily Peskov.[3]

History

[edit]

In 1936, their religion was under threat. After Karp Lykov's brother was killed by a Soviet patrol, Karp and Akulina Lykov with their two children, Savin and Natalia, fled their hometown of Lykovo (Tyumen Oblast) eastward. Two more children, Dmitry and Agafia, were born during the isolation. They ended up in a dwelling in the taiga, near the Yerinat River (Abakan river basin), 250 kilometres (160 mi) from any settlement. In 1978, their location was discovered by a helicopter pilot, who was flying a geological group into the region. The geologists made contact with the family, but the Lykovs decided not to leave the place.[4][1][5][6]

Akulina died of hunger in 1961, sacrificing herself during a period of intense food shortage so that her children might survive. Three of the children died in 1981: Savin and Natalia suffered from kidney failure, most likely a result of their harsh diet, while Dmitry died of pneumonia.[1] Karp died in 1988. He is survived by his daughter Agafia Lykova, who has over the years accumulated a herd of goats and flock of chickens and has built herself a decent hut. For 18 years, Agafia lived with one of the geologists, Yerofei Sedov. She has remarked to VICE News on his uselessness and how she had to supply him with water.[7] Yerofei died on 3 May 2015.[8][citation needed] In that same year, Agafia received a helper, 53-year-old Georgy Danilov from Orenburg, who came to her residence answering an open letter she had written requesting such.[citation needed] In 2016, she was airlifted out to a hospital in Tashtagol, Russia, from her remote location near the Russian borders with Kazakhstan and with Mongolia. Her condition is related to cartilage deterioration in her lower extremities.[9][10] Agafia was treated at a hospital in Tashtagol and has since returned to the wilderness, where she still lives as of 2019.[11]

Family members

[edit]

Parents:

  • Karp Osipovich Lykov (c. 1901[12] – 16 February 1988) (Russian: Карп Лыков)
  • Akulina Lykov (c. 1900[13] – 16 February 1961) (Акулина Лыкова)

Children:

  • Savin (c. 1927[1][12]–1981) (Савин)
  • Natalia (c. 1934[1][12]–1981) (Наталия)
  • Dmitriy (1940[1]–1981) (Дмитрий)
  • Agafia (born 1944)[1] (Агафья)

Media

[edit]

The story of the Lykov family was told by the journalist Vasily Peskov in his book Lost in the Taiga: One Russian Family's Fifty-Year Struggle for Survival and Religious Freedom in the Siberian Wilderness (1994).[3] Peskov had written a series of reports on the family in the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper in 1982. The book became a bestseller in France, and the film rights were acquired by director Jean-Jacques Annaud.

Far Out: Agafia's Taiga Life is a documentary film about Agafia Lykova at the age of 70.[14][15]

Agafia is a documentary film about Agafia Lykova, produced by RT (Russia Today). It chronicles the history of Old Believers in Russia, the difficulties experienced by the documentary crew in travelling to Agafia's residence, the history of the Lykov family, animosity between Agafia and Yerofei Sedov, and Agafia's life in the taiga.[citation needed]

During her isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, author Elizabeth Gilbert heard about the family and was inspired to write a novel, The Snow Forest. However, publication of the book was put on indefinite hold following public criticism, mostly from Ukrainians, that a book about Russia would be released during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[16]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Mike Dash (29 January 2013). "For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  2. ^ 12 December 2019. Agafya Lykova. Hidden history (Youtube), Moscow Technological University (MIREA).
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51°27′39″N 88°25′38″E / 51.46087°N 88.42713°E / 51.46087; 88.42713 (Lykov family dwelling)

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