EPISODE · Feb 23, 2026 · 26 MIN
A century in the Siberian wilderness: the Old Believers who time forgot
from The Audio Long Read · host The Guardian
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 By Sophie Pinkham. Read by Olga Koch. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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