The hermits of the Lykovs How they were found. Eyewitness testimony

Agafya Lykova is the only surviving representative of the Old Believer family found by geologists in 1978 in the Western Sayan Mountains.
The Lykov family lived in isolation since 1937, for many years the hermits tried to protect the family from the influence of the external environment, especially in relation to faith.
By the time geologists discovered taiga inhabitants, there were five: the head of the family Karp Lykov, sons Savvin (45 years old), Dimitriy (36 years old)
and daughters Natalia (42 years old) and Agafya (34 years old).
In 1981, three of the children died one after the other - Savvin, Dimitri and Natalya, and in 1988 the Lykovs father passed away.
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