Weird History
Agafia Lykov | The Siberian Woman Lived In Isolation For 35 Years
2018 • E41 Nov 13, 2018 6m
Agafia Lykov had no interaction with the outside world until she was 35 years old. Her story begins back in 1936 with her family belonging to a splinter sect of the Russian Orthodox church known as as "The Old Believers." Eventually, the Lykovs left Russian society and headed into the wilderness to live in isolation. What happens next is fascinating.