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Summary According to Kesi Karuyevas passport, she's 116 years-old.
In Chechnya, Kesi Karuyeva recalls both the Soviet revolution, having survived both.That would make her one year older than American Besse Cooper, who was named the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records earlier this year. A great-grandmother from Russias Muslim Chechnya region, Karuyeva has lived through the Bolshevik Revolution.She tears up as she recalls the deportation of her people by Soviet dictator Stalin in 1944, after they were accused of collaborating with Nazi Germany.Many Chechens died, including her husband and eight of her 10 children. Relatives say they have documents from the Russian Ministry of the Interior related to Karuyevas rehabilitation that suggest that shes 11 years older than her passport date. The claim could not be independently verified, but if thats true, that would make her 127
