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Source: New York Post

What was once the most important potato field in the world belonged to the Nurskanova family in the town of Engels, in the Saratov region of southwestern Russia. The days moved unremarkably on the farms in Engels, and the morning of April 12, 1961, started out no differently. Not long after breakfast, five-year-old Rita Nurskanova and her grandmother left their farmhouse and went into the field to tend the potatoes.