A new home is being built for "the world's loneliest woman" so she can continue living hundreds of miles from her nearest neighbours.
Agafya Lykova, 76, has lived in the scenic mountains in Russia after her family fled religious persecution in 1936. She is the sole survivor from her family - which was so cut off that they had no idea World War Two happened.
She has survived all her life living as an 18th century peasant, growing her own food, shunning modern comforts, and living by the Bible.
But there are now fears for Agafya’s health if she continues to live in the shack where she was born, built by her father and brothers in a remote corner of Siberia.
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