Pasikhat Dzhukalaeva

Ancient mosque in Tazbichi, where Dzhukalaeva was born

Dzhukalaeva was born in the village of Tazbichi in the Itum-Kale region in 1881 and grew up there.[1][2][3] At 19 years old she married her husband, Vaid, who was also from Itum-Kale.[4] They had two sons and four daughters.[5] Dzhukalaeva heard about the 1917 Revolution months later when her husband went to sell wood in Grozny.[4]

In February 1944, Dzukalaeva, along with all other Chechens, was deported to Kazakhstan; on the journey her daughter Pesy died, but they were unable to bury her.[5] They settled in Emba, Dzhurun district of Aktobe.[5] Dzhukalaeva returned to Chechnya years later and settled in Grozny.[5]

During her life she witnessed huge changes to Chechnya and remembered the Russian Revolution, the Second World War, resettlement to Kazakhstan and both Chechen wars.[6] She considered Russia to be a different country and wanted peace for Chechnya.[4] Towards the end of her life she lived with her grand-daughter, but had an extended family of nine grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.[6] Her elder sister Asho was also reportedly a super-centenarian.[3] She died in Grozny in 2005.

Prior to her death Dzhukalaeva was recognized in Russia as the oldest woman in Chechnya.[1] Her achievement was listed in the Divo Book of Records of Russia.[7][1]

In 2010, artist Zareta Murtazalieva painted a portrait of Dzhukalaeva as part of an exhibition celebrating Chechen women at the National Museum of the Chechen Republic.[8]