Superstulatek

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This list includes [[supercentenarian]]s (people who have attained the age of at least 110 years) and foreign supercentenarians who were born in the historical state of [[Russian Empire]], whose lifespans have been verified by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the [[Gerontology Research Group]] (GRG).

The Russian Empire was a country that had its beginning with the [[Treaty of Nystad]] (ending the [[Third Northern War]]) until it was overthrown by the short-lived liberal [[February Revolution]] in 1917. In the 19th century, the Russian Empire had in its possession the vast lands in Europe and Asia and also [[Alaska]] located in [[North America]], which was later sold to the [[United States]]. The country was populated by over 125 million inhabitants, making it the third most populated country in the world at that time.

In addition to almost the entire territory of modern [[Russia]],{{#tag:ref|From 1860 to 1905, the Russian Empire occupied  all territories of the present-day Russian Federation, with the exception of the present-day [[Kaliningrad Oblast]], [[Kuril Islands]], and [[Tuva]]. In 1905 Russia lost Southern Sakhalin to Japan, but in 1914 the Empire established a protectorate over Tuva.|group=n}} prior to 1917 the Russian Empire included the significant portion of [[Poland]] ([[Congress Poland|Kingdom of Poland]]), most of [[Lithuania]], [[Latvia]] and [[Estonia]] ([[Baltic provinces]]), [[Finland]] ([[Grand Principality of Finland]]), most of [[Ukraine]] ([[Dnieper Ukraine]]), [[Belarus]], [[Moldova]] ([[Bessarabia]]), [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] (including [[Mengrelia]]), the [[Central Asian]] states of [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]] and [[Uzbekistan]] ([[Russian Turkestan]]) and [[Ardahan Province|Ardahan]], [[Artvin Province|Artvin]], [[Iğdır Province|Iğdır]], [[Kars Province|Kars]] and northeastern part of [[Erzurum Province|Erzurum]] from [[Turkey]] (then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]]).

The oldest person ever born in the historical Russian Empire is Mrs. [[Goldie Steinberg]], who was born in present-day Moldova and at age 114 years is living in [[New York]], [[United States]].
The oldest man ever born in the historical Russian Empire was Mr. [[Aarne Arvonen]] of Finland (1897-2009), who was aged 111 years 150 days when he died.
Another male supercentenarian born in the historical Russian Empire, [[Alexander Imich|Dr. Alexander Imich]] (1903-2014), was born in [[Częstochowa]], present-day Poland, and was recognized as the [[Oldest people|World's Oldest Man]] in 2014.

==Supercentenarians born in present-day Russia==

Russia is the main successor of the historical state of Russian Empire. There have been 3 verified emigrant supercentenarians born in present-day Russia, with one pending verification.

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!Name
!Sex
!Birth date
!Death date
!Age
!Region of birth
!Region or Country of death
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|Rosalia Hasenkampf<ref name="GRG Table EE">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/EE6.htm List of Pending cases]</ref>
|align=center|F
|14 October 1889
|10 July 2002
|112 years, 269 days
|[[Saratov]]{{ref label|Hasenkampf|a}}
|[[Germany]] ([[North Rhine-Westphalia]])
|-
|1
|Lillian Joelson<ref name="Table B">[http://grg.org/Adams/B3.HTM Verified Supercentenarians (by Chronological Age)]</ref>
|align=center|F
|20 August 1896
|30 December 2007
|111 years, 132 days
|? {{ref label|Joelson|b}}
|[[United States]] ([[Illinois]])
|-
|2
|Lina von Veh<ref name="Table B">[http://grg.org/Adams/B3.HTM Verified Supercentenarians (by Chronological Age)]</ref>
|align=center|F
|17 February 1898
|19 June 2008
|110 years, 123 days
|[[Saint Petersburg]]{{ref label|von Veh|c}}
|Germany ([[Bavaria]])
|-
|3
|Andrei Kuznetsoff<ref name="Table B">[http://grg.org/Adams/B3.HTM Verified Supercentenarians (by Chronological Age)]</ref>
|align=center|M
|17 October 1873
|31 January 1984
|110 years, 106 days
|? {{ref label|Kuznetsoff|d}}
|Finland ([[Southern Savonia]])
|}
<small>
a{{note|Hasenkampf}} Hasenkampf was born in Volga Region of Russian Empire, which later was turned into [[Volga Germans]] Autonomy and then merged with Saratov region. It is now in Russia.<br />
b{{note|Joelson}} Joelson was born in the Russian part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Russia.<br />
c{{note|von Veh}} von Veh was born in [[Saint Petersburg]]. It is now in Russia.<br />
d{{note|Kuznetsoff}} Kuznetsoff was born in the Russian part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Russia.<br />
</small>

==Supercentenarians born in present-day Poland==

Poland was located on the westernmost outskirts of the historical Russian Empire, and was the most densely populated part of it. Before Poland fell under the domination of Russian Empire, it existed on vast territories of modern Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, and Ukraine as the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]]. The Russian Empire, together with the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] and the [[Austrian Empire]] [[Partitions of Poland|divided the country]], leaving Poland without independence for the next 123 years. In the [[First Partition of Poland]] in 1772, the Russian Empire took the territory of [[Inflanty Voivodeship|Polish Livonia]] ([[Inflanty Voivodeship]]; part of modern Latvia) and the north-eastern part of the Commonwealth. In 1793, during the [[Second Partition of Poland]], the Russian Empire took the territory of [[Kiev Voivodeship]], [[Bracław Voivodeship]], [[Podole Voivodeship]] and [[Minsk Voivodeship]], and parts of the [[Vilnius Voivodeship]], [[Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795)|Nowogródek Voivodeship]], [[Brest Litovsk Voivodeship]] and the [[Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795)|Volhynian Voivodeship]], part of present-day Belarus and Ukraine. Finally in 1795, in the [[Third Partition of Poland]] the Russian Empire took the territory of [[Volhynia]] (present-day Ukraine), [[Polesia]] (present-day Belarus), [[Vilnius]] (preseant-day Lithuania) and [[Courland]] (preseant-day Latvia). In the aftermath of two lost uprisings, [[November Uprising]] (1830–31) and [[January Uprising]] (1863-64), the authonomy of Kingdom of Poland was taken away, Congress Kingdom was dissolved and multiple punitive measures on the Polish populace were introduced. Poland became an official part of the Russian Empire and would not regain full independence until the end of [[World War I]]. The Polish part of Russian Empire consisted of present-day [[Masovian Voivodeship|Masovia Voivodeship]], [[Łódź Voivodeship]], [[Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship]], [[Podlaskie Voivodeship]], [[Lublin Voivodeship]] and parts of [[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship|Warmia-Masuria Voivodeship]], [[Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship|Kuyavia-Pomerania Voivodeship]], [[Silesian Voivodeship|Silesia Voivodeship]] and [[Greater Poland Voivodeship]]. There have been 2 verified supercentenarians born in Polish part of Russian Empire and 6 known supercentenarians are currently awaiting verification.

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!Birth date
!Death date
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|1
|Dr. [[Maria Pogonowska]]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2009">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/Deaths2009.HTM GRG Deaths in 2009]</ref>
|align=center|F
|30 October 1897
|15 July 2009
|111 years, 258 days
|Masovia{{ref label|Pogonowska|a}}
|Israel
|-
|2
|[[Alexander Imich|Dr. Alexander Imich]]<ref name="Table E">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM|title=Current Validated Living Supercentenarians|publisher=GRG|accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref>
|align=center|M
|4 February 1903
|8 June 2014
|111 years, 124 days
|Silesia{{ref label|Imich|b}}
|United States (New York)
|-bgcolor=9BDDFF
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|Michalina Wasilewska<ref name="GRG Table EE">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/EE6.htm List of Pending cases]</ref>
|align=center|F
|21 December 1898
|3 January 2010
|111 years, 13 days
|Masovia{{ref label|Wasilewska|c}}
|Poland (Masovia)
|-bgcolor=9BDDFF
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|Marianna Misiewicz<ref name="GRG Table EE">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/EE6.htm List of Pending cases]</ref>
|align=center|F
|26 January 1902
|28 June 2012
|110 years, 154 days
|Podlaskie{{ref label|Misiewicz|d}}
|Poland (Podlaskie)
|-bgcolor=9BDDFF
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|Józefa Karczewska<ref name="GRG Table EE">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/EE6.htm List of Pending cases]</ref>
|align=center|F
|23 November 1902
|18 January 2013
|110 years, 56 days
|Łódź{{ref label|Karczewska|e}}
|Poland (Łódź)
|-bgcolor=9BDDFF
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|Józefa Stanisława Szyda<ref name="GRG Table EE">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/EE6.htm List of Pending cases]</ref>
|align=center|F
|11 March 1903
|1 May 2013
|110 years, 51 days
|Greater Poland{{ref label|Szyda|f}}
|Poland (Łódź)
|-bgcolor=9BDDFF
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|Marianna Smolarczyk<ref name="GRG Table EE">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/EE6.htm List of Pending cases]</ref>
|align=center|F
|16 February 1897
|30 March 2007
|110 years, 42 days
|Świętokrzyskie{{ref label|Smolarczyk|g}}
|Poland (Świętokrzyskie)
|-bgcolor=9BDDFF
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|Julianna Garbacz<ref name="GRG Table EE">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/EE6.htm List of Pending cases]</ref>
|align=center|F
|22 June 1900
|18 July 2010
|110 years, 26 days
|Świętokrzyskie{{ref label|Garbacz|h}}
|Poland (Świętokrzyskie)
|}
<small>
a{{note|Pogonowska}} Pogonowska was born in [[Warsaw]], which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Poland.<br />
b{{note|Imich}} Imich was born in [[Częstochowa]], which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Poland.<br />
c{{note|Wasilewska}} Wasilewska was born in Warsaw, which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Poland.<br />
d{{note|Misiewicz}} Misiewicz was born in [[Srebrna, Podlaskie Voivodeship|Srebrna]], which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Poland.<br />
e{{note|Karczewska}} Karczewska was born in [[Gągolin Północny|Gągolin]], which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now Gągolin Północny in Poland.<br />
f{{note|Szyda}} Szyda was born in [[Turek, Poland|Turek]], which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Poland.<br />
g{{note|Smolarczyk}} Smolarczyk was born in [[Łubno, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship|Łubno]], which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Poland.<br />
h{{note|Garbacz}} Garbacz was born in [[Wolka Zychowa]], which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Poland.<br />
</small>

==Supercentenarians born in present-day Lithuania==

Lithuania and Poland comprised the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] for a few centuries. The Partitions of Poland however, broke that bond. Almost the whole territory of present-day Lithuania became part of the Russian Empire except the region of [[Klaipėda]], which was shared with the [[German Empire]]. Lithuania regained its independence, along with Poland and other Baltic states, in 1918. Lithuania has consisted of three mayor ethnic groups prior to the World War I. The ethnic Lithuanian people lived throughout the country, ethnic Germans resided in the Klaipėda (Memel) region, and ethnic Poles lived in the Vilnius (Wilno) region. Each of these ethnic groups is represented by one supercentenarian. There have been verified 2 supercentenarians born in the Lithuanian part of the Russian Empire, with one pending verification.

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!County of death
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|Emilija Krištopaitienė<ref name="Table EE">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/EE6.htm|title=Table EE PENDING GRG CASES|publisher=GRG|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|15 October 1902
|14 March 2014
|{{age in years and days|1902|10|15|2014|03|14}}
|[[Šiauliai]]{{ref label|Krištopaitienė|a}}
|Lithuania (Šiauliai)
|-
|1
|[[List of German supercentenarians#Ella Ille Rentel|Ella Ille Rentel]]<ref name="Table B">[http://grg.org/Adams/B3.HTM Verified Supercentenarians (by Chronological Age)]</ref>
|align=center|F
|19 May 1852
|19 September 1962
|110 years, 123 days
|Klaipėda{{ref label|Rentel|b}}
|[[Germany]]
|-
|2
|Helen Czechowicz<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2006">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/Deaths2006.HTM GRG Deaths in 2006]</ref>
|align=center|F
|1 January 1896
|3 February 2006
|110 years, 33 days
|Vilnius{{ref label|Czechowicz|c}}
|[[United States]]
|}
<small>
a{{note|Krištopaitienė}} Krištopaitienė was born in [[Joniškis]], which was then part of Russian Empire. It is now in Lithuania.<br />
b{{note|Rentel}} Rentel was born in [[Geldauschinken]], which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Lithuania.<br />
c{{note|Czechowicz}} Czechowicz was born in [[Vilnius]], which was then part of the Russian Empire. Later, it was part of Poland, and it is now in Lithuania.<br />
</small>

==Supercentenarians born in present-day Latvia==

The territory of present-day [[Latvia]] was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth since the [[First Northern War]]. Later its northern part (Livonia) became part of Sweden, while its southern part [[Latgalia]], [[Semigalia]] and [[Courland]] ([[Grand Duchy of Courland and Semigalia]]) remained Polish-Lithuanian. The Capitulation of Estonia and Livonia in 1710 and the [[Treaty of Nystad]], ending the [[Great Northern War]] in 1721, gave formerly Swedish [[Livonia]], [[Estonia]] and [[Ingria]] to the Russian Empire. The [[Latgale]] region remained part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as [[Inflanty Voivodeship]] until 1772 ([[First Partition of Poland]], when it was incorporated into the Russian Empire. The [[Duchy of Courland and Semigallia]] remained a Polish-Lithuanian common fief until 1795 ([[Third Partition of Poland]], when it also became part of the Russian Empire, bringing all of what is now Latvia into the Russian Empire. There is one emigrant supercentenarian (verification pending) born in Latvian part of the Russian Empire.

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!County or country of death
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|Belle Garfinkel<ref name="Table EE">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/EE6.htm|title=Table EE PENDING GRG CASES|publisher=GRG|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref>
|align=center|F
|26 April 1902
|8 March 2013
|{{age in years and days|1902|4|26|2013|03|8}}
|Latvia{{ref label|Garfinkel|a}}
|USA ([[Wisconsin]])
|}
<small>
a{{note|Garfinkel}} Garfinkel was born in [[Rēzekne]], which was then part of Russian Empire. It is now in Latvia.<br />
</small>

==Supercentenarians born in present-day Finland==
Present day [[Finland]] became part of the Russian Empire following the [[Finnish War]] of 1808-1809, when the [[Treaty of Fredrikshamn]] resulted in Sweden ceding part of its territory to what would become the [[Grand Principality of Finland]], with the Russian [[Tsar]] as a [[Constitutional monarchy|semi-constitutional monarch]]. In 1918, Finland became an independent country. There have been 6 verified supercentenarians born in Finnish autonomous part of Russian Empire.

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!Age
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|1
|Maria Rothovius<ref name="Table B">[http://grg.org/Adams/B3.HTM Verified Supercentenarians (by Chronological Age)]</ref>
|align=center|F
|2 October 1887
|17 June 2000
|112 years, 259 days
|[[Uusimaa]]{{ref label|Rothovius|a}}
|Finland ([[Pirkanmaa]])
|-
|2
|Hilda Häkkinen<ref name="Table B">[http://grg.org/Adams/B3.HTM Verified Supercentenarians (by Chronological Age)]</ref>
|align=center|F
|18 March 1894
|31 December 2005
|111 years, 288 days
|[[Southern Ostrobothnia]]{{ref label|Häkkinen|b}}
|Finland (Southern Ostrobothnia)
|-
|3
|[[Aarne Arvonen]]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2009">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/Deaths2009.HTM GRG Deaths for 2009 (in Chronological Order) (as of December 24, 2010).] Retrieved 27 July 2011.</ref>
|align=center|M
|4 August 1897
|1 January 2009
|111 years, 150 days
|Uusimaa{{ref label|Arvonen|c}}
|Finland (Uusimaa)
|-
|4
|Fanny Nyström<ref name="Table B">[http://grg.org/Adams/B3.HTM Verified Supercentenarians (by Chronological Age)]</ref>
|align=center|F
|30 September 1878
|31 August 1989
|110 years, 335 days
|Finland Proper{{ref label|Nyström|d}}
|Finland (Finland Proper)
|-
|5
|Anna Hagman<ref name="Table B">[http://grg.org/Adams/B3.HTM Verified Supercentenarians (by Chronological Age)]</ref>
|align=center|F
|27 December 1895
|18 April 2006
|110 years, 112 days
|[[Åland Islands]]{{ref label|Hagman|e}}
|Finland (Åland Islands)
|-
|6
|Elsa Tilkanen<ref name="Table B">[http://grg.org/Adams/B3.HTM Verified Supercentenarians (by Chronological Age)]</ref>
|align=center|F
|26 September 1896
|5 December 2006
|110 years, 70 days
|Finland Proper{{ref label|Tilkanen|f}}
|Finland (Finland Proper)
|}
<small>
a{{note|Rothovius}} Rothovius was born in [[Uusimaa]] region, which was then part of an autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within Russian Empire. It is now in Finland.<br />
b{{note|Häkkinen}} Häkkinen was born in [[Southern Ostrobothnia]] region, which was then part of an autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within Russian Empire. It is now in Finland.<br />
c{{note|Arvonen}} Arvonen was born in [[Helsinki]], which was then part of an autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within Russian Empire. It is now in Finland.<br />
d{{note|Nyström}} Nyström was born in [[Finland Proper]] region, which was then part of an autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within Russian Empire. It is now in Finland.<br />
e{{note|Hagman}} Hagman was born in [[Åland Islands]], which were then part of an autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within Russian Empire. It is now an autonomous part of Finland.<br />
f{{note|Tilkanen}} Tilkanen was born in Finland Proper region, which was then part of an autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within Russian Empire. It is now in Finland.<br />
</small>

==Supercentenarians born in present-day Belarus==

Belarus, is a landlocked country in [[Eastern Europe]] bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Until the 20th century, the lands of modern-day Belarus belonged to several countries, including the [[Principality of Polotsk]], the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]], the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]], and after its [[Partitions of Poland|Partitions]], to the Russian Empire. In the aftermath of the [[Russian Revolution]], Belarus declared independence as the [[Belarusian People's Republic]], succeeded by the [[Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia]], which became a founding constituent republic of the [[Soviet Union]]. Much of the borders of Belarus took their modern shape in 1939 when some lands of the [[Second Polish Republic]] were incorporated into it after the Soviet invasion of Poland. The republic was redeveloped in the post-war years. In 1991, upon the dissolution of Soviet Union, Belarus became an independent country. There has been 1 verified emigrant supercentenarian born in Belarussian part of Russian Empire.

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|1
|Mollye Marcus<ref name="Table B">[http://grg.org/Adams/B3.HTM Verified Supercentenarians (by Chronological Age)]</ref>
|align=center|F
|18 October 1899
|18 February 2011
|{{age in years and days|1899|10|18|2011|02|18}}
|[[Brest Province|Brest]]{{ref label|Marcus|a}}
|USA ([[California]])
|}
<small>
a{{note|Marcus}} Marcus was born in [[Lyakhavichy]], which was then part of Russian Empire. It is now in Belarus.<br />
</small>

==Supercentenarians born in present-day Moldova==

In accordance with the [[Treaty of Bucharest (1812)|Treaty of Bucharest]] of 1812, the [[Ottoman Empire]] gave to the Russian Empire the eastern half of the territory of the [[Principality of Moldavia]], which was a fief of Ottoman Empire. As part of Russian Empire, Moldova was called "Oblast of Moldavia and Bessarabia", then renamed to [[Bessarabia Governorate]] as the Russification progressed. As part of this process, the [[Tsarist]] administration in Bessarabia gradually removed the [[Romanian language]] from official and religious use. The western part of Moldavia (which is a part of present-day [[Romania]]) remained an autonomous principality, and in 1859, united with [[Wallachia]] to form the [[Kingdom of Romania]]. The [[Treaty of Paris (1856)]] returned three counties of Bessarabia—[[Cahul]], Bolgrad and Ismail—to Moldavia, but in the [[Treaty of Berlin (1878)|Treaty of Berlin]], the Kingdom of Romania agreed to return them to the Russian Empire. During this time there were anti-Semitic riots, leading to an exodus of thousands of [[Jews]] to the [[United States]] of America.

Moldova proclamated its independence in 1918, however, later it [[Union of Bessarabia with Romania|united with the Kingdom of Romania]]. In August 1939, the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]] and its secret additional protocol were signed, by which [[Nazi Germany]] recognized Bessarabia as being within the [[Soviet sphere of influence]], which led the latter to actively revive its claim to the region. On June 28, 1940, the Soviet Union, with the acknowledgement of Nazi Germany, issued an ultimatum to Romania requesting the cession of Bessarabia and northern Bukovina, [[Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina|with which Romania complied the following day]]. Soon after, the [[Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic]] (Moldavian SSR, MSSR) was established.

Moldova proclaimed its independence upon the fall of Soviet Union in 1991. Presently, Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe located between Romania to its west and Ukraine to its north, east and south. Its capital city is [[Chișinău]]. There has been verified one supercentenarian born in the Moldovan part of Russian Empire.

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!Birth date
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!Age
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|1
|Goldie Steinberg<ref name="Table B">[http://grg.org/Adams/B3.HTM Verified Supercentenarians (by Chronological Age)]</ref>
|align=center|F
|30 October 1900
|Living
|{{age in years and days|1900|10|30}}
|[[Chișinău]]{{ref label|Steinberg|a}}
|Living in USA ([[New York]])
|}
<small>
a{{note|Steinberg}} Steinberg was born in [[Chișinău]], which was then part of Russian Empire. It is now in Moldova.<br />
</small>

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