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
AllegianceRussian Empire Russian Empire
Service/branchRussian Empire Imperial Russian Army
Years of service1917
Rank Praporshchik
UnitEngineering corps
Battles/warsWorld War I
  • Southwestern Front
AwardsOrder 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

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

References

  1. ^ a b c Последний в мире ветеран Первой мировой живет в Донецке (фото) [The world's last World War I veteran lives in Donetsk (photo)] (in Russian). Интернет-газета Донбасса. 22 February 2008. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b Matveyev, Vladimir (5 January 2009). "Oldest known Ukrainian Jew dies at 111". JTA. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Mikhail Efimovich Krichevsky (1897-2008)". Find a Grave.


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