My Russian great grandmother, great uncle, and grandmother all lived to about 90, give or take a year. Ironic that the next generation, that is, my parents' generation, living on this side of the Atlantic, didn't come close to 90—not one of them!
And the generation after that (mine), we've already lost two: One we can't really count, as she (age 51) was killed along with her husband and two other people in an auto accident, the husband being a lunatic of a driver; however, the other died (age 55) of a form of cancer that was presumed to be environmental.
Though not able to be substantiated statistically, it appears—at least in my family—that decades ago one was healthier (as measured by greater longevity) living in Russia than here....
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