- Varvara Semennikova
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name = Varvara Semennikova
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birth_date =birth date|1890|5|10
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death_date = death date|2008|3|9 (117 years, 304 days)
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residence = flagicon|RussiaRussia
known_for = allegedly being one of the world's oldest peopleVarvara Konstantinovna Semennikova, nee Dyakonova (
May 10 ,1890 ? –March 9 ,2008 ) was aRussia n Evenk woman who claimed to be the world's oldest person since August 2007. However, her age has not been authenticated byGuinness World Records or theGerontology Research Group .If this claim were verified, she would have been the oldest living person, as well as the fourth-oldest person in history. The only agency that has agreed with her age is the National Archive of Yakutia. [ [http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/16-08-2007/96009-oldest_person-0 Russian woman may dispute 'oldest known person' title with US citizen] ]
She married Alexei Semennikov, a hunter 27 years her junior, [ [http://newsfromrussia.com/society/stories/11-10-2007/98613-oldest_woman-0 117-old woman from Russia loves eating raw fish and drinking champagne] ] in the mid-to-late 1940s. It was one of two of her marriages from which she had two children who died in their youth. At the age of 58, she adopted an eight month old girl, from which she had several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. [ [http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2008/03/12/015.html 117-Year-Old Sakha Woman Was Believed World's Oldest] ]
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Longevity claims References
* [http://vladivostoktimes.com/show.php?id=15337 "Woman from Yakutia Is Believed to Be the Oldest Person of Earth"]
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