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Word: shapkofski (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...village of Latti in the Caucasian mountains, last fortnight, Henri Barbusse, French author, discovered a peasant named Nikolai Andreyevich Shapkofski who has a social insurance card showing that he is 146 years old and entitled to draw a pension of 50 rubles ($27.50) a month. Peasant Shapkofski has only one tooth left and therefore does not eat as heartily as he did a few years ago. But he still drinks plenty of wine. His last child, a daughter, was born when he was 120 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Ring | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

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