Mikhail Yefimovich Krichevsky (Ukrainian: Михайло Юхимович Кричевський, Russian: Михаил Ефимович Кричевский; 25 February 1897,[1] Karlovka, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire – 26 December 2008,[2] Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine) was a Jewish-Ukrainian supercentenarian and the last surviving World War I veteran who fought for the Russian Empire.[1][2] Krichevsky was mobilized into the Imperial Russian Army in 1917 and was sent to the Southwestern Front, after graduating from the Kiev Military Engineering School as an engineer-praporshchik. After the October Revolution he returned home, where he settled and lived in Donetsk and died in 2008 at the age of 111 years, 305 days.[3]
Mikhail Yefimovich Krichevsky | |
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Born | Karlovka, Konstantinograd uyezd, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire | 25 February 1897
Died | (aged 111 years, 305 days) Donetsk, Ukraine | 26 December 2008
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Army |
Years of service | 1917 |
Rank | Praporshchik |
Unit | Engineering corps |
Battles/wars | World War I |