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Maria Vikentyevna Kononovich

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Maria Vikentyevna Kononovich
Maria Vikentyevna Kononovich
Kononovich at the claimed age of 113.
Birth: 27 May 1904?/1924
Belarus
Age: 121 years, 173 days?/101 years, 173 days
Country: BelarusBLR
Longevity claimant

Maria Vikentyevna Kononovich [Russian: Мария Викентьевна Кононович] [Belarussian: Марыя Канановіч] (born 27 May 1904?/1924) is a Belarusian longevity claimant.

Biography[]

Maria Vikentyevna Kononovich claimed to have been born in Smorgon Region, Belarus on 27 May 1904 (although other information suggests 1924 as her year of birth). She had seven brothers, and sisters but two of whom died at a very young age. She had at least two sons, one of whom died 91 years ago, and the other in 2012. Her husband died in 1988. She had to learn to manage on her own, so she is still helpless and in good health. She loves gardening, and until a few years ago she had hives near her house where she picked her own honey.

As of April 2019, she was still in good health and able to walk unassisted. She said that she can remember the Bolsheviks walking along the streets of her town when she was younger.

At the claimed age of 120 in January 2025, Kononovich was still able to walk with the help of a cane.

Maria Vikentyevna Kononovich lives in Listopady, Belarus, at the claimed age of 121 years, 173 days (more likely 101 years, 173 days).

Age Issues[]

Neither GWR nor GRG have verified her age. If her claimed age were validated, she would have been the oldest living person in the world, and the second-oldest person ever recorded, behind Jeanne Calment. However, at this point this case has been unverified for several years which doesn't bode well for the case prospects.

Other information in 2025 has suggested that Kononovich may have been born in 1924, and that her age was exaggerated by 20 years.

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