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N O R T H E R N A S I A

TUNDRA & TAIGA

TUNDRA

•  Cold, open, windy, treeless •  Far north Europe & Russia •  Winter Sept-May •  Permafrost up to 1500’ deep

TUNDRA

•  24 hr sunshine in parts of summer •  24 hr darkness in parts of winter

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TAIGA

•  Woodlands, wetlalnds, cold •  Tall, thin evergreen trees in boreal forest •  “ring” of forests around the world •  Boreal = northern

TAIGA

•  Frozen ground keeps moisture from seeping into earth •  So ground is swampy or dry

LYKOV FAMILY

“Old Believers” – an old fashioned form of Christianity 1936 family moves into the taiga forests Avoiding religious persecution

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PERSECUTION OF THE “OLD BELIEVERS”

LYKOV FAMILY

130 mi. from anyone Discovered by geologists in 1978

LYKOV FAMILY THEIR CABIN

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LYKOV FAMILY FATHER AND DAUGHTER

LYKOV FAMILY TWO SISTERS

LYKOV FAMILY TWO BROTHERS

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LYKOV FAMILY GRAVE SITES

AGAFIA LYKOVA, 2013

AGAFIA LYKOVA, 2013

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