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Mikhail Yefimovich Krichevsky (Ukrainian: Михайло Юхимович Кричевський, Russian: Михаил Ефимович Кричевский; 25 February 1897[1] – 26 December 2008[2]) was a Jewish-Ukrainian supercentenarian and the last surviving World War I veteran who fought for the Russian Empire.[1][2]
Mikhail 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 | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1917 |
Rank | ![]() |
Unit | Engineering corps |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Awards | Order of the Red Banner of Labour |
Krichevsky was mobilized into the Imperial Russian Army in 1917 and was sent to the Southwestern Front, after graduating from the Kyiv Military Engineering School as an engineer-praporshchik.
Personal life
editAfter 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Matveyev, Vladimir (5 January 2009). "Oldest known Ukrainian Jew dies at 111". JTA. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Mikhail Efimovich Krichevsky (1897-2008)". Find a Grave.