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Klavdiya Gadyuchkina, Doyenne of Russia, Celebrates 114th Birthday

Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast — Klavdiya Gadyuchkina, Russia’s oldest living person, turned 114 years old on 5 December.

Gadyuchkina claimed to have been born on 24 November 1909, and her family celebrated what they believed to be her 115th birthday last month. However, research conducted by the European Supercentenarian Organisation (ESO) determined that her actual birthdate is 5 December 1910, meaning she turns 114 today.

At the age of 15, she found a job at the local spinning factory “Red Pass” (Russian: “Красный Перевал”), dedicating her entire career to the establishment. She initially served as an auxiliary worker, progressing to the roles of spinner and assistant foreman. Eventually, she became a production leader, for which she once received a gramophone as a gift from her superiors.

At some point, she married Sergey Petrovich, and the couple went on to have five children. The couple firstly lived together with her husband’s sister, but later when her husband became the secretary of a workshop party organization (he worked at the same factory), they were given separate housing. Her eldest son was born at the beginning of World War II, and the youngest in 1945. Her daughter Rita was 11 years old at the beginning of the war. Before her husband left for the front, he instructed her to exchange any items they possessed for food if necessary. Her husband died in 1956, due to an injury received at the factory. She retired after 52 years of work in the factory.

On 7 May 2022, her age was validated by the ESO, making her the first validated supercentenarian in Russia.