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| the Lykovs' log cabin |
Once upon a time, far away in the northern reaches of Siberia, a man named Karp Lykov ~ an Old Believer ~ lived with his wife, Akulina, and their four children in a tiny, musty hut. Karp and Akulina had fled there with their first two children in 1936, during the Communist purges, and there they lived, all alone, until a team of Soviet geologists found them in 1978 (story, link to Russian documentary):
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
All the other Lykovs have died, and the youngest child, Agafia, continues to live in the family home. She was basically alone until 1997, when a geologist moved into a nearby cabin. Agafia recently celebrated her 69th birthday (story, slideshow, great video ~ in English!):
http://www.vice.com/read/happy-69th-birthday-agafia-lykov-from-your-friends-at-vice
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