Russian Old Believer village of Nikolaevsk in Alaska risks disappearing
Young people are leaving Nikolaevsk, a village on the Kenai Peninsula founded by Old Believers in 1968: the school has been closed, and there is no sewage system or medical clinic. According to census data, the population has declined from 371 people in 1990 to an estimated 245 in 2020–2024.
Otabek Yusupov