The description sounds like Minneaposli this week. It’s like 2 right now. brrrr.
Incredible story.
Out of touch for 40 years?
Sounds like good Libs...they ‘find’ them every couple of years or so to vote and leave it at that.
Don’t worry for name of candidate. Just push D and go back to the ice.
The family’s principal entertainment, the Russian journalist Vasily Peskov noted, “was for everyone to recount their dreams.”
I remember reading a newspaper report of this back in 1978 or 79. I wondered what ever happened to them.
For all the preppers thinking a few boxes of dehydrated food, guns and ammo will save you while your neighbors starve, note in the article how merely fleeing into the woods wasn't enough for the Lykovs. They had to press deeper and deeper until they found a spot 6K feet up a mountain in Siberia (guess what winter lows are at 6K feet in Siberia?):
During the purges of the 1930s, with Christianity itself under assault, a Communist patrol had shot Lykov's brother on the outskirts of their village while Lykov knelt working beside him. He had responded by scooping up his family and bolting into forest.-snip-
That was in 1936, and there were only four Lykovs then—Karp; his wife, Akulina; a son named Savin, 9 years old, and Natalia, a daughter who was only 2. Taking their possessions and some seeds, they had retreated ever deeper into the taiga, building themselves a succession of crude dwelling places, until at last they had fetched up in this desolate spot.
№ 1. Weaving machine and hemp fibers.
№ 2. Agafia Karpovna responds to letters.
№ 3. Agafia Karpovna.
№ 4. The izba (log cabin).
№ 5. Yerofey Sazontievich.
№ 6. The vegetable garden.
№ 7. South-eastern part of the izba.
№ 8. Agafia Karpovna's goat
№ 9. Agafia Karpovna's dog, names Vityulka (little Victor)
№ 10. The Sayan range.
№ 11. Box made of tree bark.
While many Russians were “banished” to Siberia by the sundry governments including the Tzars. Others went there to get away from the central control yoke of Moscow.
With the exception of Jews which under the comunists were considered a separate race many went there volutairily rather than emigrate to the US. It also explains why proportionate to its population there are more european emigrees per population from Germany,Ireland,and Poland etc during our immigration high mark in the 1870’s than from Russia..
Remarkable story.
I'd bet they were shocked that the USSR fell, but the USA now has an anti CHRISTIAN commie in the white house.
An amazing story.
At the same time, I can’t help but think that a little more knowledge could have made their lives a lot better. Like different ways of cooking after their pots and pans disintegrated. Or how to tan leather. A good reminder on things I need to practice before I need them.
Thank you so much for posting this. I don’t know when I’ve read anything so moving and such a powerful testimonial to the spirit of man and religious freedom.
Night time stories of their dreams and waiting for the precious rye seed to grow. I would like to hear some of those stories of their dreams.
Wonder if Glenn Beck has read of this?
“A man lives for howsoever God grants.” Dimitry
Reader comments were also fascinating especially the idiots who blame this family’s fate on their strong religious beliefs.
I guess these idiots have no knowledge of the hundred millions killed by godless communism.
One of the better responses to the commenter known as Raymond:
“@raymond: “Once again religion shows it’s ability to completely overpower rational thought and make a total mess of peoples lives. A truly sad story.” —Yes how irrational it was for those Christians to not stand still and make it easier for Stalin’s thugs to kill them. They truly messed up their lives by not letting themselves be murdered. On a more serious note, this is an amazing story, and the Lykov’s have lived incredible, amazingly different and amazingly full lives.”
Them standing around guarding one shoot night and day to get 8 seeds for next year, wild stuff.
Also the part about them marking the appearance of artificial sattelites, and thinking it was something man-made.
Freegards, thanks for all the threads on FR
BTTT