Varvara Semennikova
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Varvara Konstantinovna Semennikova, nee Dyakonova (May 10, 1890? – March 9, 2008) was a Russia
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woman who claimed to be the world's oldest person since August 2007. However, her age has not been authenticated by Guinness World Records
or the Gerontology 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.
She married Alexei Semennikov, a hunter 27 years her junior, 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.
Russia
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Evenks
The Evenks are a Tungusic people of Northern Asia. In Russia, the Evenks are recognized as one of the Indigenous peoples of the Russian North, with a population of 35,527...
woman who claimed to be the world's oldest person since August 2007. However, her age has not been authenticated by Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
or the Gerontology Research Group
Gerontology Research Group
The Gerontology Research Group was started in 1990, and is a global eGroup of researchers in gerontology, some of who also meet monthly at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. The primary function of the group is to further gerontology research, with the objective of reversing or retarding aging...
.
If this claim were verified, she would have been the oldest living person
Oldest people
This is a list of tables of the verified oldest people in the world in ordinal rank, such as oldest person or oldest man. In these tables, a supercentenarian is considered 'verified' if his or her claim has been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such...
, as well as the fourth-oldest person in history. The only agency that has agreed with her age is the National Archive of Yakutia.
She married Alexei Semennikov, a hunter 27 years her junior, 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.