Savoniha A Siberian Old Believer (1996)

Savoniha belongs to the Old Believers a sect of the Russian Orthodox Church that was exiled to Buryatia Siberia a few centuries ago Since then they never ceased to be persecuted Savoniha who was 95 years old when this documentary was filmed witnessed Stalins antireligious campaign losing her father one of the main spiritual representatives of the Siberian Old Believers