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Old Believer Agafya Lykova moves into new house in the remote area of Western Sayan mountains 11 March 2021 Agafya Lykova, 76, pictured in her new house with Metropolitan Cornelius. Picture: Oleg Deripaska media team Last night was the first time for 76-year-old Agafya to leave her father’s house, built 80 years ago when her parents fled Soviet repression and arrived in the Siberian taiga after fleeing religious persecution of the Stalin era. For most of her life Afafya has has lived much as a peasant from the 18th century, with hardly any modern comforts, guided by an ancient Bible, and little contact with the outside world. ....