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Feodor Vassilyev ((ロシア語:Ѳеодоръ Васильевъ)) (c. 1707〔1782) was a peasant from Shuya, Russia. His first wife Valentina Vassilyeva set the record for most children birthed by a single woman. She gave birth to a total of 69 children. She gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets between 1725 and 1765, in a total of 69 births. 67 of her children were reported to survive infancy. Vassilyev also had 18 children with his second wife, who had 6 pairs of twins and 2 sets of triplets, making him a father of 87 children in total. Of his 87 children, at least 82 are said to have survived infancy. The first published account about Feodor Vassilyev's children appeared in a 1783 issue of ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' (Vol. 53 p. 753, London, 1783) and states that the information "however astonishing, may be depended upon, as it came directly from an English merchant in St Petersburg to his relatives in England, who added that the peasant was to be introduced to the Empress".〔 The same numbers were given in an 1834 book of Bashutskiy, ''Saint Petersburg Panorama''.〔 Several published sources raised doubts as to the veracity of these claims. According to a 1933 article by Julia Bell in ''Biometrika'', a 1790 book of B. F. J. Hermann ''Statistische Schilderung von Rußland'' did provide the claims about Feodor Vassilyev's children but "with a caution". Bell also notes that the case was reported by ''The Lancet'' in an 1878 article about the study of twins. The ''Lancet'' article states that the French Academy of Sciences attempted to verify the claims about Vassilyev's children and contacted "M. Khanikoff of the Imperial Academy of St Petersburg for advice as to the means they should pursue, but were told by him that all investigation was superfluous, that members of the family still lived in Moscow and that they had been the object of favours from the Government".〔〔 Bell concludes that Vassilyev's case "must be regarded as under suspicion".〔 Similarly, Marie Clay in a 1998 book notes: "Sadly, this evasion of proper investigation seems, in retrospect, to have dealt a terminal blow to our chances of ever establishing the true detail of this extraordinary case".〔 The data about Vassilyev's children is included in the ''Guinness Book of World Records''.〔 ==See also== * List of multiple births * List of people with the most children 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Feodor Vassilyev」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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