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For most of her life Agafya, 77, has lived as a peasant from the 18th century, guided by an old Bible.

Old Believer Agafya Lykova moves into new house in the remote area of Western Sayan mountains 11 March 2021 Agafya Lykova, 76, pictured in her new house with  Metropolitan Cornelius. Picture: Oleg Deripaska media team Last night was the first time for 76-year-old Agafya to leave her father’s house, built 80 years ago when her parents fled Soviet repression and  arrived in the Siberian taiga after fleeing religious persecution of the Stalin era.  For most of her life Afafya has has lived mu...

Russia’s loneliest woman, hermit Agafya Lykova, to get new home in the wild 12 December 2020 A wooden single storey house will be built next to her 80-year-old family hut. ‘The new house will be well-insulated,’ director of Khakassky Nature Reserve Victor Nepomnyashchiy said on his social media page, when many in the comments pointed that the wood planks looked much too thin for Siberian winter. Picture: Victor Nepomnyashchiy One of Russia’s wealthiest men, billionaire Oleg Deripaska, ...