She and her husband, Feodor Vassilyev, from Shuya, Russia, welcomed an impressive 69 children into the world before she passed away at 76 years old. Valentina was born in 1707 and was Feodor’s first ...

Feodor spent his time performing with a touring circus all around the globe (including in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, where he met President Theodore Roosevelt). In 1906, ...