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Resident of Zarechny is 108 years old

13:35 | 02.07.2018 | Society

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Zarechny, 2 July 2018. PenzaNews. Olga Shavrova, a resident of Zarechny of the Penza region, celebrated her 108th birthday on July 2.

Resident of Zarechny is 108 years old

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As it was reported by the newspaper Zarechye Segodnya, the long-lived woman was born in Krasnoyarsk, where she witnessed the revolutionary events. During the civil war she lived in Novosibirsk.

In 1930 Olga Shavrova entered Tomsk Medical University, got later married and worked at a local mental hospital for 21 years.

In 1970s she moved to her daughter's to Zarechny.

Olga Shavrova brought up four children. She has seven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Up to 100 years old the woman was fine – on her centenary she had guests all day long. In recent years her health deteriorated. She spends most of her time lying, being under constant care of relatives.

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