Siberian postwoman on DIY monster truck gives lifeline to tiny village Only five other people live in Galina Yermolova's tiny Siberian village Pikhtovoye, isolated from the world by the dense taiga -- swampy coniferous forest -- and a swamp. One of the other people is her husband. Every week, she travels 16 kilometres (10 miles) through the forest to the nearest post office in a larger village to collect the post, supplies and pensions for her neighbours. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES