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In 1978, geologists accidentally discovered a family of Old Believers while surveying the Bolshoy Abakan River, who had lived for over 40 years as hermits in the mountains of Western Sayan (Khakassia). The story of people unfamiliar with modern civilization received a huge response in the Soviet press of those years. And even today, this lost land continues to attract travelers, researchers and simply adventurers.