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Mikhail Krichevsky

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Mikhail Yefimovich Krichevsky
Born	(1897-02-25)25 February 1897 Karlovka, Konstantinograd uyezd, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	(2008-12-26)26 December 2008 (aged 111 years, 305 days) Donetsk, Ukraine
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1917
Rank	Praporshchik
Unit	Engineering corps
Battles/wars	World War I Southwestern Front
Awards	Order of the Red Banner of Labour

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.

Personal life[edit]

After the October Revolution he returned home, where he settled and lived in Donetsk with his son and daughter-in-law and died in 2008 at the age of 111 years, 305 days.^[1][3]

See also[edit]

• List of last surviving World War I veterans

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