Word: barzavu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...death of Shirali Muslimov last year at the reported age of 168 was a blow to the village of Barzavu, in the Soviet Caucasus. It ended the role of the mountain hamlet not only as a tourist attraction but also as a gerontological mecca. For decades Soviet and Western scientists had made the pilgrimage to Barzavu to auscultate stouthearted Muslimov and inquire about his diet, life-style and sexual habits. But his death still left thousands of alleged supercentenarians in the U.S.S.R. vying for the attention of gerontologists...
Died. Shirali Mislimov, 168, a Caucasian herdsman regarded in the Soviet Union as the oldest man alive; in Barzavu, U.S.S.R. Mislimov, who neither smoked nor drank, and existed largely on a diet of chicken broth, cheese and curded milk, is survived by his 107-year-old third wife and 219 other family members, including a grandchild aged...
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