Doctors successfully operate 121-year-old's eye to enable Koran reading (Photo)

The 121-year-old Appaz Iliyev from the Russian Republic of Inguschetia has been restored to sight after he had a successful operation. Born in 1896, he still works every day in his garden in the mountains of the Northern Caucasus.

The operation was conducted by doctors at a regional hospital in Inguseti, Russian media reported on Saturday, citing local authorities, “reports RT” Transmission Periscope.

Iliyev, who had suffered from poor eyesight, spent only one day in the hospital before returning to his high - ranking village, which is surrounded by mountains. At this stage, one of his eyes was treated by specialists who predicted a complete recovery of sight for their particular patient, “reported. TASS”

After the operation, he had no complaints. The old man claimed he could see much better,” said the agency quoting doctors. Before the operation, 121-year-old apparently worried that he could not read the Koran.

Born in March 1896, Appaz has twice married and has eight children. He now has 35 grandchildren, reports the newspaper “Rossyskaya”. The elder says that the reason for his life span is his family and his work each day. Every day he works in his garden, rarely leaves his village.

He left only his eastern mountains to fight during the [1917] revolution and World War II”, said the 121-year-old grandson. The elderly man has never smoked, and he also leads a healthy life - style, only by eating products from his farm and drinking clean water.

According to Russia's Book of Records, the oldest person living in the country is Nannu Shaova from Kabardino-Balcaria, as well as from the Northern Caucasus. Born in 1890, the woman is said to be 127 years old. This makes her ten years older than the Japanese woman Nabi Taiima, 117, who tops the list of older people living in the world.. /Periscopi/