an amazing story...

[Jay]

For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/histo...ontact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html

 

[DCFusor]

This really is an amazing story. Though you couldn't say they did "well", this is just about the only case I'm aware of where someone has become completely self-sufficient. Any prepper or wannabe should see this just to see how hard that is, and how they managed it at all. And in Siberia! Holy crap!

 

[rblong2us]

truly amazing.
Thank you Jay.

Not many of us would achieve what these people did
and not sure I would want to be one of em ......

 

[bushi]

(...) And in Siberia! Holy crap!

yep, in Russia they call it "Russkiy Chelovek", which more or less means Russian People/Man, and it's meaning is "we can stand ANYTHING thrown at us", be it Nazis, our own government, or whatever. It is impressive.

 

[mike]

And now they're all in jail for not paying taxes for 40 years

 

[Jay]

And now they're all in jail for not paying taxes for 40 years

banished to Siberia...