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j"19HxigV4QyBv3tHpQVcUEQyq1pzZVdoAutMIn 1978, Soviet geologists discovered a family living in complete isolation deep in Siberia. The Lykovs had fled Stalin’s persecution in 1936 and, for 42 years, survived without any human contact, technology, or knowledge that World War II had even happened. The group of Soviet geologists surveying the remote Sayan Mountains of Siberia stumbled upon a wooden hut that seemed abandoned. To their astonishment, it was inhabited, by the Lykov family, who had been living in total isolation since the 1930s. Karp Lykov, a devout Old Believer, had fled with his wife and two children in 1936 to escape Stalin’s religious persecution. Deep in the taiga, over 150 miles from the nearest settlement, the family built a life entirely disconnected from the modern world. They grew rye and potatoes, made clothes from hemp, and lived without metal tools or contact with outsiders. When discovered, two more children had been born in the wilderness, neither had ever seen a stranger or even tasted bread. The Lykovs’ isolation lasted 42 years, ending only when they were rediscovered. When the geologists told the family that humans had landed on the Moon, they were astonished, unaware that World War II or the Space Race had ever occurred. © History Pictures #archaeohistories text/plainutf-8file.txt
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