Mikhail Krichevsky
Appearance
Mikhail Efimovich Krichevsky | |
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Born | Karlovka, Konstantinograd uyezd, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire | February 25, 1897
Died | December 26, 2008 Donetsk, Ukraine | (aged 111)
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Service | 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 Ukrainian supercentenarian. He was the last surviving World War I veteran of the Imperial Russian Army. Krichevsky joined the army in 1917 and 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.