# 42 Years in Siberia: The Family That Vanished From the World | E234

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Podcast: [The CRUX: True Survival Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-crux-true-survival-stories-2136323)
Published: 2026-05-11T11:00:00+00:00
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In 1978, Soviet geologists stumbled upon a family living 150 miles from the nearest human settlement — a family that had been there since 1936, with no outside contact, no idea World War II had happened, and two children who had never seen another human face. This is the story of the Lykov family, and it is one of the most extraordinary true survival stories ever documented.

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