Today in Surkh-Digora, the village's long-lived residents were presented with certificates from the Russian Book of Records and one-time payments from the head of the republic.
On July 5, Surkh-Digora was entered into the Russian Book of Records for “The largest number of long-lived residents living simultaneously in one village in Russia,” becoming the only village in Russia to be entered into the register of achievements three times.
The initiative to include the long-lived residents of Surkh-Digora in the Russian Book of Records and to provide one-time payments from the head of the republic came from Oleg Marzoev, deputy head of the Surkh-Digora rural settlement.