Photographic proof that all we have done on this trip is work, work, work... and nap.

In which we are reminded of a 1924 decision about train schedules.

Given the historical and personal realities she faced, Maria Konyayeva was very unlikely to live to 100 when she was born in 1917. And yet here she is.

For all the romanticism commonly associated with world travel, the brutal reality is that it is often a very un-romantic undertaking to move the meat that is our bodies around in the world.

Meet two more of our heroes whose long lives have surely been made possible by the care of their family and community.

Any good expedition has its lighter moments. We have collected nine such scenes from recent days into a one-act play for your enjoyment.

A second, more intensive phase of the Children of 1917 project has begun. Seatbelts fastened? Poyekhali!

In which we accompany one of our heroines for her annual check up at the hospital.

The Children of 1917 expedition is far from over, yet we have uncovered the secret to long life and pinpointed the source of the Volga River.

Our producer, Misha, wanted us to row across the Volga River to visit 100-year-old Tatyana Semyonovna. He felt it would be epic and symbolic. We disagreed...

As told in two letters, two certificates and the autobiography of one centenarian, who turned 100 on June 16 and is the oldest person in her village of 100.

On the eve of our visit, the ambulance came for Maria Nikolayevna Ryabtsova: there was something wrong with her neck. The doctor examined her, but found nothing serious. He did an EKG and was surprised: “if only everyone had a heart like yours,” he said.