Longest human lifespan. The oldest man on Earth: who is he

The secrets of longevity have been of interest to people for a long time. This question periodically makes many people think about how to achieve ideal health, harmony with oneself and become a long-liver. Most often, when asking such questions, people return to the food system or spirituality, to traditions coming from antiquity or genetic history families. The average life expectancy in the CIS countries is 60–65 years, the life expectancy rate in the countries is slightly higher Western Europe. But there are people who have revealed their secrets to longevity. In history, centenarians are people who have reached their 90th birthday. Li Ching-Yun (or Li Jing-Yun) is rightfully considered the oldest man in the world among men.

Elder from China

The birth data of Li Ching-Yun states that he was born in 1677, although the old man himself says that he was born in 1736. In 1930, a professor from Chengdu University discovered Imperial Government Records from 1827, which mentioned his 150th anniversary from the authorities. The Chinese leadership did not ignore the centenarian further, congratulating him, but on his 200th birthday.

An old man was born in Sichuan province. When he was ten years old, Lee began collecting, processing and distributing herbs that were considered medicinal. Even then, he began to study and study everything that helps achieve long life and health. The elder’s diet was not varied: Lee ate herbal decoctions, wine and boiled rice. At the age of 71, Li moved to Cai City in 1749. After offering his work, he became a tactical adviser and teacher of art history.

In the obituaries of the New York Times for 1933, it was announced that a long-liver of world significance, Lee Ching-Yun, had died at the age of 256. By that time, the long-liver had become a widower no less than 23 times. His heirs numbered about 180 people. Did he live for 256 years or, as Lee himself claimed, for 197 years? How old the oldest person in the world was was not actually known exactly, but it is much longer than the longevity record of French native Jeanne Calment.

The oldest French woman

Jeanne Calment was born in Arles in 1875. The record holder grew up in a fairly wealthy family of a ship owner. When Zhanna turned 21, she married one of her distant relatives. She had a daughter, but, unfortunately, over time, Zhanna had to bury almost all of her relatives.

During her long life, she almost never refused to eat tasty food or good wine. She loved vegetables and garlic. The only thing the Frenchwoman tried to avoid was conflicts and quarrels. Kalman always boasted about her health, having a bad habit of smoking, and she smoked until she was 117 years old, remaining in excellent health. physical fitness. Having mastered fencing at the age of 85, and practicing cycling until the age of 100, she was active and vigorous until the age of 114. When she reached her 114th birthday, disaster struck - the active centenarian fell and broke her hip. This made her life much more difficult, but still did not prevent her from living to 122 years old. Zhanna Kalman August 4, 1997.

Another long-lived woman

Leading the list of the oldest women alive today, Misao Okawa sadly passed away in April 2015. And while the Guinness Book of Records has not recorded a new record holder among women, it is Misao who is in first place.

She was born in Osaka on March 5, 1898. She got married in 1919, during her marriage she had three children, from whom four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren were born. Misao never refused to eat delicious food, and she never suffered from any special health problems. She considered sleep to be her secret to health and longevity: a good, healthy 15 hours of sleep.

Modern centenarian

As for the long-livers who are still living today, they include a resident of Bolivia (the central part of South America) Flores Laura. Flores deservedly takes this place of honor. Based official document, Bolivian born July 16, 1890.

Flores achieved a long life with the help of nutrition and: he spends a lot of time on the move and eats exclusively what he grows with his own hands - these are grains, potatoes and legumes. He eats only lamb for meat, and drinks water exclusively from high-mountain springs. Alcoholic drinks he never tried it and never used it. Perhaps this is why serious illnesses are unfamiliar to him. The 125-year-old man speaks only Spanish and still cannot read or write. Hearing often disappears, but his vision is still good. He has three children, from whom there are sixteen grandchildren and thirty-nine great-grandchildren. Laura still walks without a cane.

As history shows, every centenarian still has his own version of what leads a person to health and long life. Some people think it's a dream, some people say it's proper nutrition, and someone - about . Each of these assumptions gave humanity people whose long lives exceeded any rule of existence.

Man has always dreamed of living long, approaching eternity. So many attempts have been made to achieve immortality. Previously, they tried to get the philosopher's stone, which gives eternal life, are now on diets, following recommendations from all over the world that promise to prolong life. But there is no evidence of any method; no one has yet managed to extend their life for many years. But still, people who seem to have made an agreement with death exist. Let's find out who they are, the longest-livers of the planet.

In 1933, in the most famous magazines A note appeared about the death of Lee Ching-Yun, who turned 256 years old. Perhaps this is the world's longest-living person in history. For your long life path he had more than twenty wives and became the father of one hundred and eighty children.

As stated, the secret of Lee Ching-Yun's longevity lay in the fact that he tried to be calm and balanced in any life circumstances. The centenarian tried to maintain a special diet; his diet consisted mainly of rice and wine. Unfortunately, there is no reliable information about the childhood and adolescence of the centenarian. What is known for certain is that his homeland is China, Sichuan province. Lee lived there all his life. At the age of ten, he was educated beyond his years and managed to travel to many beautiful places where he collected medicinal herbs. What the longest-living person on earth did next is unknown.

Lee Ching-Yun at his advanced age looked surprisingly young, and no one could give him more than 60 years of age. It is this striking circumstance that raises doubts about his true age. Lee himself claimed that he was born in 1736, allegedly he was 197 years old. But research by a professor from Minkuo University, Wu-Chang-shin, proved that Li’s real date of birth was 1677, and the Chinese rulers managed to congratulate him on both his hundred and fiftieth and bicentenary.

Jeanne Kalman (1875 – 1997)

This woman has earned the title of the oldest representative of the fair sex. She may not be the longest-living woman, but she has no equal among women. Her age was 122 years 164 days. Its homeland is the town of Arles, in France. Over her long life, she was lucky to witness many discoveries: Zhanna saw the first car, cinema at the very beginning, stainless steel, television and the first airplanes.

This is not the only amazing event in her life. At the age of thirteen, Jeanne had the opportunity to meet Van Gogh, whom she did not like at all.

Jeanne Kalman had a certain natural protection from excitement, it was she who became the reason for such a long life. Her contemporaries also said that Jeanne had an amazing sense of humor, which, as she herself believed, was the secret of longevity.

Zhanna was very active and did not lead a very “exemplary” lifestyle; until her century, she pedaled and dabbled in alcohol, cigarettes, and did this until the end of her days. Kalman believed that humor, mobility and good digestion help her live for such a long time.

Sarah Knauss (1880 -1999)

The second longest-living woman among women, reaching the age of 119 years 97 days. This amazing lady did not live very long until the new century; she ended her journey on December 30, 1999. By the way, Sarah was not at all affected by the fact that she was the record holder among centenarians; her reaction was always unambiguous: “So what?”

As Sarah's daughters say, she was always surprisingly calm; it seemed that nothing could agitate her. Who knows, perhaps this is the secret of longevity, because, as you know, stress noticeably shortens the days of our life.

Sarah had the opportunity to witness seven wars and bury her husband, with whom she had been together for 64 years.

Lucy Hannah (1875 -1993)

Lucy was not awarded the title of oldest woman only because she lived during the same period as record holder Jeanne Calment. But we cannot fail to note the woman who lived 117 years and 248 days; by the way, this is an absolute record among African Americans.

Hannah lived in Alabama, United States. She managed to give birth to eight offspring, six of whom she buried. By the way, Lucy is not the only long-liver in her family. Her birth mother lived to be 99 years old, and two sisters lived to be a hundred years old.

Maria Louise Mailer (1880 – 1998)

Another representative of the fair half of humanity, who delayed her death, ended her life at the age of 117 years 230 days, almost equal in age to Lucy Hannah. An interesting fact: Maria lived in a nursing home with her son, and her daughter at that time was ten years shy of a hundred.

Marie Louise was born in Quebec, Canada. During her life, she managed to get married twice and give birth to ten children. As the centenarian herself believed, she owed her long life to hard work. Although her lifestyle cannot be called absolutely healthy. Maria could drink a glass of wine, and she smoked almost all her life, quitting almost thirty years before her death.

Maria Capovilla (1889 - 2006)

A resident of Ecuador, Maria Capovilla, was born in 1889, which is when the Eiffel Tower was introduced to the world. Despite the fact that she is the last on our list, since she lived 116 years and 347 days, Maria still had the chance to become a record holder. She is considered the oldest not only among South Americans, but also among everyone southern hemisphere. Maria died a month before her 177th birthday.

Maria was born in military family and lived among the Ecuadorian elite. As witnesses to her life say, Maria could boast of powerful health, and anyone could envy her energy. Capovilla never smoked, although she could occasionally afford alcohol.

At the age of 99, Maria suddenly found herself on her deathbed. But she managed to survive, and, despite the proximity of death, Maria continued to walk on her own, studied the press, was interested in news on TV, and was generally famous for her excellent health. She had five offspring, two of whom she buried. The remaining children were 78, 80 and 81 years old at the time of Mary's death.

His strength was not weakened and his strength was not exhausted"), Joseph the Beautiful and Joshua lived 110 years each.

True, some scientists believe that the age of the patriarchs could be measured according to the ancient Egyptian calendar - at the rate of one month per year, or according to the custom of the ancient Jews - two months per year. Then there is nothing unusual about the age of these centenarians. As the Bible says, subsequently people began to sin more and more, gradually reduced and finally, according to Moses, it was established in “three terms and ten years” (3 times 20 years and 10 years, that is, 70 years).

An interesting case is described by English historians. In 1635, the peasant Thomas Parr came from the provinces to London to appear before King Charles as a miracle of longevity. Parr claimed that he had outlived nine kings and was 152 years old. In honor of the long-liver, the king threw a magnificent feast, after which Thomas Parr suddenly died. It was opened by the famous English William Harvey, who discovered blood circulation. According to V. Harvey, Parr died from, but, as legends say, the cause of his death was the abundant treat at the king’s table. Parr was buried with honors in Westminster Abbey.

Of the most famous centenarians The following can also be noted:

Zoltan Petridzh (Hungary) - 186 years old.

Peter Zortai (Hungary) - 185 years old (1539-1724).

Cantigern is the founder of Glasgow Abbey. Known as Saint Mungo. Lived 185 years.

Tense Abziva (Ossetia) - 180 years old.

Huddiye (Albania) - 170 years old. His offspring numbered 200.

Hancer Nine (Türkiye). Lived 169 years. Died 1964

Sayyad Abdul Mabud (Pakistan) - 159 years old.

200-300 years ago, many centenarians were found in Russia. Now there are few of them in our country and we rank one of the last in terms of life expectancy. Places in Europe. If you look into history, you can find quite a lot interesting facts about the centenarians of our country . Captain Margeret, who hired himself to serve Tsar Boris, wrote with surprise in his book “The State of the Russian State” (1606): “Many Russians live to be 90-100 and 120 years old and only in old age are they familiar with diseases. With the exception of the king and the most important nobles, no one recognizes medicine. Feeling sick, a commoner usually drinks a good glass of vodka, pouring a charge of gunpowder into it, or mixing the drink with crushed garlic, and immediately goes to the hospital, where he sweats in extreme heat for two or three hours.”

The average life expectancy of the Russian population in 2003 was 65 years, with 59 years for men and 72 years for women.

IN developed countries There is a constant struggle in the world for the survival and improvement of the nation, for increasing the life expectancy of each person.

An increase in life expectancy in all countries of the world is achieved by reducing child mortality and reducing mortality from and. Thus, by defeating diseases, humanity strives to get closer to reaching the upper limit human life.

Leonard Hayflick, professor of anatomy at the University of California, based on his human survival charts for individual countries and different periods obtained a theoretical curve with an upper limit of 115 years. At the same time, Hayflick discovered another interesting pattern: it turns out that a person’s life expectancy is proportionally related to the ratio of brain weight to body weight. The greater this ratio, the longer life, and it changed quite sharply at certain periods during evolution. Last time its strong increase occurred 100,000 years ago, after which it practically did not change, just as the ratio of brain weight to .

Leonard Hayflick also expressed an original point of view on the aging of the body. According to him, aging occurs after growth ceases, and those creatures whose growth does not stop over time (shark, sturgeon, galapagos tortoise), age very, very slowly.

About the upper limit of human life various world scientists they say differently. The famous medieval physician and chemist Paracelsus believed that a person could live 600 years. Albrecht Haller and F. Hufeland (scientists of the 18th century) considered the age of 200 years to be the limit of human life. Russian scientists Ilya Mechnikov and A. Bogomolets spoke about 160 years.

As paradoxical as it may sound, rarely do any long-livers die a natural death directly from old age. Almost always the cause of death is various diseases - cancer, cancer.

In his “Etudes of Optimism” I. Mechnikov pointed out that “in 1902 in Paris, out of 1000 deaths between 70 and 74 years, only 85 people died of old age. Most of the old people died from contagious diseases: pneumonia and consumption, from diseases , kidney or cerebral hemorrhage."

Even the previously mentioned famous long-livers, the Englishman Thomas Parr (152 years old) and the Turk Zara Aga (156 years old), died not from age, but from illnesses (the first from pneumonia, the second from uremic in 1888 in the newspaper “New Time” he wrote with irony: “ ... It turns out that among the centenarians there are all sorts of subjects - fat and skinny, straight and hunched, strong and weak, smokers and non-smokers, with and without them, plethoric and anemic, rich and poor. More than 2/3 of these centenarians are women. ...

...How they glorified, for example! And yet, almost all hundred-year-old Englishmen ate animal food and sometimes in large quantities. One hundred-year-old woman had such a nice meal that she went so far as to eat three fried chickens for breakfast. But she drank little and never drank wine. In contrast, one of the men in the English collection was drinking more than he could at 104 years old.”

Each of the factors that, at first glance, can seemingly be attributed to influence durability, eludes when considering a sufficient number of examples. Moderation is undoubtedly one of the reasons for longevity, although, of course, not the only one.

Among centenarians, they are not very rare. Politiman died at 140 years old (1685-1825); From the age of 25, he used to get drunk every day after finishing his studies. Gascony, a butcher in Trieu (Pyrenees), who died in 1767 at the age of 120, got drunk twice a week. The example of one Irish landowner Brown, who lived to be 120 years old, is striking. He bequeathed a tombstone inscription for him, stating that “he was always drunk and so terrible in this state that death itself was afraid of him.”

But some centenarians loved wine, others. So, for example, the famous Voltaire loved coffee very much, and when one doctor began to tell him that coffee is poison, Voltaire replied: “It will be 80 years since I have been poisoned by this poison.” Another long-liver, Elizabeth Durien, lived to be 114 years old. Contemporaries testified: “Her main food was coffee, she drank up to 40 cups of it a day. She was of a cheerful disposition, ate well and drank so much black coffee every day that the most ardent Arab could not keep up with her. The coffee pot was always on the fire, like the English teapot.”

They say that smoking shortens life. However, many centenarians liked to abuse the poisonous potion. Ross, who received the Longevity Award at age 102 (1896), was a heavy smoker. In 1897, the old widow Lazennek died. She lived all her life (104 years) in a slum and with early years smoked a pipe. She died with her.

Scientists have always been interested in the so-called “foci of longevity” - isolated areas where people live much longer than in other places and retain vitality and energy until the end of their lives. One such region is Abkhazia, where almost 3% of the population are centenarians, over 100 years old. The American scientist A. Leaf examined the mountainous regions of Abkhazia and mountainous regions in the Andes (Ecuador) and came to the conclusion that the living conditions of people in these areas are very similar, and longevity here can be attributed to heredity and the absence of so-called “harmful genes” in some residents ", increasing the risk of diseases. In small closed communities, like isolated mountain villages, some individuals who lacked these genes became the ancestors of separate clans of centenarians.

Even 300 years ago, it was noticed that residents of the same family often become centenarians, and this gave reason to consider this phenomenon hereditary. The son of the long-lived Thomas Parr lived to be 127 years old and died in 1761, maintaining clarity of mind to the end.

In 1654, Cardinal D'Armagnac, walking down the street, noticed an 80-year-old man crying. When the cardinal asked who had offended him, the old man replied that his father had beaten him. The cardinal decided to look at this man. They presented him with an old man, 113 years old, very vigorous for his age. “I beat my son,” said the old man, “for disrespecting my grandfather. He walked past him without bowing.” The cardinal also saw his 143-year-old grandfather.

Thus, it becomes obvious that heredity plays a very important role in the matter of longevity. Based on this, many fortune tellers try to predict life expectancy by lines. In the official journal of the English Royal Society in 1991, an article appeared in which Dr. Paul Newrick from Bristol argued that there is a direct relationship between the length of the “life line” and life expectancy. He made this conclusion based on an examination of 100 corpses.

On August 29, 2001, the human gene for longevity was discovered.

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The length of human life depends on many factors: lifestyle, nutrition, place of residence, genetic predisposition to certain diseases. In the CIS countries, the average life expectancy is somewhere around 60 years for men and 65 for women. In Western European countries this figure is slightly higher. But the people who will be discussed further broke all records and demonstrated great love to life.

Supercentenarians

Most an old man in history

The person who lived the longest was a woman (statistically, women live longer than men). The name of this heroine is Jeanne Louise Calment, this woman was born back in 1875 on February 21 in France, and died on August 4, 1997. Her total life expectancy is 122 years and 164 days (44724 total days). Zhanna became a person who lived the most long life of all those known to science. The woman outlived her daughters and even her grandchildren. Information about the life expectancy of this heroine is carefully documented in scientific papers.

Oldest man

There is some debate regarding the age of the oldest man. claims that the record holder is Japanese Shigechiyo Izumi. He is said to have been born on June 29, 1865, and died on February 21, 1986. If the date of his birth is correct (apparently no documents have survived), then the centenarian from Japan lived 120 years and 237 days. Only a long-liver from France, Jeanne Calment, survived it. Shigechio was not only the oldest man on the planet, he also set the record for the longest labor activity for a person, 98 years old. Surprisingly seniority the Japanese far exceed average duration life in Europe today. His name was recorded in Japan's first census in 1871. Interestingly, the man started smoking at the age of 70. However, after the death of a centenarian, the Department of Epidemiology in Tokyo and the Institute of Gerontology reported that based on the records family registration Shigechiyo died at the age of 105 years. Whether this is true or not, we probably won’t be able to find out.

The second candidate for the right to be called the oldest man who ever lived on Earth is Thomas Peter Thorvald Christian Ferdinand Mortensen (August 16, 1882 - April 25, 1998). Although Thomas's date of birth is not shrouded in darkness, the Guinness Book of Records nevertheless considers him second, after Shigechio Izumi. Christian Mortensen is the oldest person born in Denmark, he is one of the ten oldest people on the planet. In total he lived 115 years and 252 days. There can be no doubt about Christian Mortensen's lifespan, and there are birth records, church baptism records, and even Danish census records that indicate his date of birth is correct.

Oldest person alive today

The oldest woman turned out to be Anna Eugenie Blanchard (born February 16, 1896), a French centenarian. The woman has lived for more than 114 years and 142 days.
The oldest man alive today is Walter Breuning, born September 21, 1896, a long-lived American. At the age of 113 years 290 days, he ranked 4th among the oldest people on the planet, ahead of him were only three women, one of whom was Anna Blanchard.

Another centenarian died on January 18, 2016 in Japan - a 112-year-old Yasutaro Koide, born in Fukui PrefectureMarch 13, 1903. Previously, the man was hospitalized due to exacerbations chronic disease hearts.

Yasutaro Koide

After his death, the title of Japan's oldest man went to 111-year-old Tokyo resident Masamitsu Yoshida.

The now deceased Koide received the status of the world's oldest man last summer, after his compatriot Sakari Momoi, who was also 112 years old, passed away.

Also last year, Japan's oldest resident died, whose name was not disclosed at the request of her relatives. She was 115 years old at the time of her death.

After that, the title of the oldest woman in Japan went to 115-year-old Nabi Tajima from Kagoshima Prefecture.

The question of human life expectancy has long been exciting the minds of not only scientists, but also ordinary mortals. Experts are constantly searching for an anti-aging remedy or a cure for immortality.

Not long ago I even wrote that by 2045, scientists plan to begin resurrecting people from the dead and creating immortality technologies by transferring consciousness into a computer shell. However, on our planet there have been and remain people whose age significantly exceeds the notorious 100 years, and whose lives are not so correct image life.

So, we present to you a list of the ten most famous centenarians in history. Separately, we note that the life expectancy of these 10 people was officially confirmed.

Danish-American record holder for most years lived Christian Mortensen counts oldest man of those registered. He was born on August 16, 1882, and died on April 25, 1998, having lived 115 years, 252 days.

Christian Mortensen

The man immigrated to America in 1903. In the New World he worked as a tailor and milkman. He cited “friends, good cigars, consumption” as the secret of his longevity large quantity good water, no alcohol, an optimistic outlook on life and singing."

Maggie Pauline Barnes was born into slavery in the United States on March 6, 1882, and she died on January 19, 1998 at the age of 115 years and 319 days. Little is known about this woman, but we can say for sure that she not only withstood all the hardships and hardships, but also outlived 11 of her 15 children.

Maggie Pauline Barnes

American Bessie Cooper born August 26, 1896, and died December 4, 2012 at the age of 116 years. Answering a question about the secret of her longevity, the woman said: “I I don’t stick my nose into other people’s business,” and added, “And I don’t eat junk food.”

Bessie Cooper

Another centenarian from the USA Elizabeth Bolden born August 15, 1890 and lived until December 11, 2006 - 116 years 118 days. She was born into a family of freed slaves in Tennessee.

Elizabeth Bolden

Thane Ikai born on January 18, 1879 into a family of farmers in the Japanese city of Kansei. At the age of 20, she married, after which she gave birth to 4 children, whom she outlived by the time of her death on July 12, 1995. The woman loved to embroider fromanimate with ceramics. Her daily diet consisted mainly of rice, which, most likely, in combination with a traditional Japanese diet, helped protect her from heart disease and cancer.

Thane Ikai

Maria Capovilla born in Ecuador on September 14, 1889. Having lived 347 days to 116 years, she became the oldest South American woman in history and the most long-lived person in the southern hemisphere. The woman died on August 27, 2006, less than a month before her 117th birthday. Almost until the end of her days, Capovilla was healthy and energetic. She I drank a little alcohol, but never smoked.

Maria Capovilla

French-Canadian centenarian from Quebec Maria Louise Mailer was 117 years 230 days old at the time of her death on April 16, 1998. By then, one of her sons was living in the same nursing home as her, and her daughter was 90 years old.

Maria Louise Mailer

Lucy Hannah lived to be 117 years and 248 days. She is considered the oldest African American woman and the third oldest person in history.

The woman was born in Alabama in the USA on July 16, 1875. She married in 1901. During her marriage, she had 8 children, six of whom she survived.

The second oldest person in history is consideredSarah Knauss.She passed away at the age of 119 years 97 days. This happened on December 30, 1999.

Sarah Knauss

The oldest person who has ever lived on Earth is considered to beZhanna Kalman. Officiallyher record has not yet been broken. The woman lived 122 years 164 days.

She was born in the French city of Arles on February 21, 1875 and died on August 4, 1997. For my amazing life she witnessed the invention of the automobile, as well as cinema and airplanes. At the age of 13, she dated Vincent Van Gogh.

Zhanna Kalman

Jeanne Kalman, as she herself said, had “immunity from stress,” was witty, and at every birthday she talked about a new secret to longevity.

It is known that the centenarian rode a bicycle and drank port until she was 100 years old. In addition, she smoked almost until her death. Best advice became the saying: "If you can't do anything about it, don't worry."

Unofficial centenarians

However, scientists still cannot give an exact answer about the age of the oldest man in the world. According to the Guinness Book of Records, the palm belongs to the Japanese Shigechiyo Izumi, who allegedly was born on June 29, 1865, and died on February 21, 1986. That is, the Japanese centenarian, according to sources, lived 120 years and 237 days.

Shigechiyo Izumi

All of the listed centenarians were surpassed by the Chinese Lee Ching-Yun, whose extra-long life has not been officially confirmed. It is believed that he was born in 1677 and died in 1933, that is, at the time of his death he was 256 years old!

The earthly "superstar" spent his entire long life in the mountains of Sichuan, doingcollection, preparation and sale medicinal herbs. He also visited Tibet, Kan-Su, Shanxi, Manchuria and other countries to collect plants.In his youth he practiced martial arts, and his neighbors spoke of him as a cheerful and strong man.

According to some reports, the oldest man had 24 wives and 180 heirs, many of whom have already passed away. The Chinese always followed a strict diet, ate rice and wine, and drank decoctions from herbs collected with his own hands.

Lee Ching-Yun

Examples of centenarians are found in countries post-Soviet space and in Russia. But there are not very many such people, and besides, their life expectancy has not been officially confirmed.

One such example is a citizen of Uzbekistan Tuti Yusupova, Karakalpak by nationality. The woman was born on July 1, 1880, and died on March 28, 2015, allegedly aged 134 years.

Tuti Yusupova

Citizen of Georgia Antisa Khvichava born July 8, 1880 in the village of Sachino. She died on September 30, 2012 at the age of 133.

Antisa Khvichava

Azerbaijani by nationality Sarhat Ibragimovna Rashidova born in 1885 in the Dagestan village of Verkhniy Zidyan. After living for 132 years, she died in January 2007.

Sarhat Ibragimovna Rashidova

Living in Altai, she was born in 1886 in the village of Novaya Barda. For some time she lived in Uzbekistan, but then at the age of 100 she returned to her homeland. The woman died in March 2005 from complications caused by the flu, having lived 119 years.

Zakurdaeva (Lavkina) Pelageya Osipovna

Resident of Vladivostok Afanasy Ivanovich Tarasov died in 2003 at the age of 116.

Afanasy Ivanovich Tarasov

In Dagestan, the well-known “grandfather” Magomed Labazanov died at the age of 123 in the fall of 2012.

As for those living today, recently there is a man named Mahashta Murasi living in India, who turned 180 years old this year. The centenarian claims to be immortal.

According to the only document preserved by Murashi, it is known that he was born on June 1, 1835 (according to other sources - in January 1835), he worked as a shoemaker. The man claims that he is so old that he has already outlived his great-great-granddaughter.