World’s loneliest woman: 76-year-old Russian hermit helped by aluminium billionaire

The World’s loneliest woman will be able to stay in her Siberian home located hundreds of miles from civilisation after a billionaire tycoon stepped in to help. Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska has stepped in to help Agafya Lykova, 76, sole survivor of a family that in 1936 fled into the forest – where she … Read more

World’s loneliest woman: 76-year-old Russian hermit helped by aluminium billionaire

The World’s loneliest woman will be able to stay in her Siberian home located hundreds of miles from civilisation after a billionaire tycoon stepped in to help. Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska has stepped in to help Agafya Lykova, 76, sole survivor of a family that in 1936 fled into the forest – where she … Read more

Coronavirus: Influencer sparks fears after hugging Siberian hermit

A glamorous social media influencer has sparked outrage by chartering a helicopter to visit a hermit who has lived outside civilisation in Siberia all her life – putting her at risk of coronavirus or another modern infection. Agafya Lykova, 76, lives as if she was an 18th-Century peasant in the Siberian wilderness, in Russia, 150 … Read more

Hermit who raised his family away from civilisation continues to work on his house 40 years later

A hermit revealed he still wanted to live and build his cabin in the woods in spite of having reached his seventies.  Robert Runyon, of East Arkansas, deeply impressed Ben Fogle with his craftsmanship and optimism two years ago when the adventurer and presenter had visited him in the woodlands, where he’s been living since … Read more