| Klavdiya Gadyuchkina | |
 Gadyuchkina at the age of 107 | |
| Birth: | 5 December 1910 Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian Empire (present-day Russia) |
| Age: | 113 years, 305 days |
| Country: |  RUS
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| Validated | |
Klavdiya Mikhailovna Gadyuchkina [nee Krotova] (Russian: Клавдия Михайловна Гадючкина (Кротова); born 5 December 1910) is a Russian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is currently the oldest known living person in Russia.
Biography[]
Klavdiya Gadyuchkina was born as Klavdiya Krotova in the village of Norskoye, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian Empire (present-day Russia), on 5 December 1910 (claims 24 November 1909) to Mikhail Krotov and his wife Yevlampiya Krotova.
She said she had a hard life after the October Revolution: "After the revolution, we got up in the morning and didn’t know what to eat or drink". Her mother died of cancer when Gadyuchkina was nine years old. Gadyuchkina left school after the third grade.
At the age of 15, she started working at a spinning mill where she worked her whole life, first as an auxiliary worker, then as a spinner. After the marriage, she lived with her husband and his sister in the same house. The couple had five children.
Her oldest child, Margarita, was 11 years old at the beginning of World War II. Her oldest son, Yevgeny, was born at the beginning of the war. One of her children was born in January 1942, in what Gadyuchkina called "the most difficult time". Her youngest child was born in 1945. When Gadyuchkina was 44, her husband died due to an injury received at the factory where he worked. Her sons, Sergei and Yevgeny joined the army.
At the age of 107 (claimed 108), she was still able to do certain household chores such as doing the dishes.
On 24 November 2019 at the age of 108 (claimed 110th birthday), she was congratulated by the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin and the Mayor of Yaroslavl, Vladimir Volkov. As of November 2019, she had three living children (a daughter and two sons), six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. Even at the age of 110 she is still able to read books without glasses. At the age of 112 she was still able to walk without help.
She became the oldest known living person in Russia, following the death of 113-year-old Nina Chagelishvili on 12 November 2022.
Gadyuchkina currently lives in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, at the age of 113 years, 305 days (claimed 114 years, 316 days). She is the oldest validated person ever to be born and reside in Russia.
Gallery[]
References[]
- World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group
- "Снова люба я, люба я, люба я, любимая…" Российская газета, 28 December 2017
- "Cердце как пламенный мотор". Долгожительница из Ярославля отпраздновала свое 110-летие Ruptly, 26 November 2019
- Коренной жительнице Ярославля исполнилось 111 лет Вести.ru, 24 November 2020
- «Немного стесняется»: бабушке из Ярославля исполнилось 112 лет 76.ru, 25 November 2021
- "Я как будто помолодела на 10 лет": ярославская долгожительница Клавдия Гадючкина рассказала об отдыхе в санатории "Ясные зори" Yar.kp.ru, 16 January 2022
- «Жила и никому зла не делала»: 113-летняя жительница Ярославля раскрыла секрет долголетия 76.ru, 25 November 2022
- Ярославна Клавдия Гадючкина празднует 113-летие City News, 24 November 2022
- «Жила и никому зла не делала»: 113-летняя жительница Ярославля раскрыла секрет долголетия 76.ru, 25 November 2022
- Радуга звуков» помогла старейшей жительнице Ярославля услышать и снова начать полноценно общаться с родными/ Радуга звуков, 23 June 2023
- Старейшая жительница Ярославля отметила свое 114-летие Главная- Яррег - новости Ярославской области, 27 November 2023
| Russia's oldest living person titleholders (V • E) |
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Marfa Sivtseva • Anna Dadykina • Galina Sadko • Nina Chagelishvili • Klavdiya Gadyuchkina |