A century in the Siberian wilderness: the Old Believers who time forgot The long read: In 1978, Soviet scientists stumbled upon a family living in a remote part of Russia. They hadn’t interacted with outsiders for decades. Almost half a century later, one of them is still...

The #OldBelievers who time forgot

In 1978, #Soviet scientists stumbled upon a family living in a remote part of #Russia. They hadn’t interacted with outsiders for decades. Almost half a #century later, one of them is still there
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due to #Russian influence with communities dating back to the 17th C when #OldBelievers migrated there following the religious schism, #раскол (raskol, hence #Dostoyevsky’s #Raskolnikov) of 1666. Part of a fishing-tackle group, see also #Sumba.
#Immigration #Immigratsioon
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