The travelling grandmother of Siberia dies at 92 years old
Yelena Yerkhova was born in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk (Russia) in 1927 and spent most of her life working in the countryside. Having survived the harsh conditions of the Second World War, she had always wanted to visit different countries. On retiring, she began saving to travel alone two or three times a year, fulfilling one of her greatest dreams: visiting the incredible places she had wanted to see since childhood. Ab…
