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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 YusupovThe spiritual mentor of the 81-year-old hermit, priest Igor Mylnikov, told TASS that a helper is being sought across all of Russia for Agafya Lykova. The previous volunteer, who helped her with the household and in scaring off a bear, left due to health problems. Shortly before that, a week of silence from Lykova was explained by a malfunction of her satellite phone.
Otabek Yusupov
