Only five other people live in Pikhtovoyé , the Russian village of the Galina Ermolova wallet isolated from the world by the dense taiga and a swamp. And one of them is her husband.

Once a week, Galina climbs into the 4x4 and crosses the Siberian forests to go to the nearest post office in order to collect the letters, collect the pensions and do the shopping for her neighbors. "We were used to go by tractor It took us three hours for a 16-kilometer journey, "says this woman.

His life changed a few months ago. His son gave them an SUV transformed by a friend into a "monster truck" racing with gigantic wheels. Now cross the vegetation without fear of the huge mud puddles. With her husband behind the wheel, Galina takes an hour to reach Imchegal , a town of 100 inhabitants.

Before having this car, they moved by tractor.ALEXEI MALGAVKO | AFP

The cows roam around the post office, one of the few buildings in this village of wooden isbas (a typical Russian peasant dwelling). In this place, which also serves as a store, Galina buys sugar, detergent or shampoo for her neighbors.

In the 1980s, about 450 people lived in Pikhtovoyé, located about 300 km north of Omsk , the main city in this region of western Siberia. But the school closed in the 90s and the youngest left.

Galina worked successively as a teacher, librarian and saleswoman. " When all these trades ceased to exist, I had to go to the post office, " he explains. Galina and her husband, who works in the forest industry, are the only inhabitants of Pikhtovoyé with a job: "There are only six of us. This job helps me to talk to people."

For its neighbors Galina Ermolova is much more than a portfolio. In addition to the letters and food brings something fundamental: news of what happens in the surroundings .

"Galia (diminutive of Galina) is informed about the news of the nearby villages, of what has happened," says Vladimir Negoyev, 58, with a cigarette in his hand. "How would we find out if we didn't? We have television with 120 channels, but how would we be aware of what is happening here ?"

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