Mikhail Efimovich Krichevsky | |
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Born | February 25, 1897 |
Died | December 26, 2008 | (aged 111)
Place of birth | Karlovka, Konstantinograd uyezd, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire |
Place of death | Donetsk, Ukraine |
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Service/branch | Imperial Russian Army |
Years of service | 1916–1918 |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Mikhail Efimovich Krichevsky (Ukrainian: Михайло Юхимович Кричевський; 25 February 1897 – 26 December 2008) was a Russian Ukrainian supercentenarian. He was Ukraine's last surviving World War I veteran, having joined the army in 1917. Accounts differ as to whether he was sent to the Austro-Hungarian front. After the October Revolution he returned home, where he settled and lived in Donetsk.
See also[]
- List of veterans of World War I who died in 2008
- List of last surviving World War I veterans by country
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