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Old Believer villages on the Yenisei river find their way of life threatened by outsiders.

On a remote branch of the Yenisei river in Tuva, Russian Old Believer villages face competition for the land. Cicely Fell visits two communities during hay-gathering season.

Five sketches of life on the move in the wild Siberian borderlands. Cicely Fell follows the upper reaches of the Yenisei river to nomadic and religious communities on the southern edge of Russia.

Life is changing for two Russian Old Believer villages on a remote branch of the Yenisei in the republic of Tuva. The Old Believers fled to this hidden corner of the taiga forest to escape religious persecution. But, as Cicely discovers when she visits the community during hay-gathering season, today they are facing competition from outsiders for the land that has provided their livelihood for generations. 


Producer: Cicely Fell
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