Mikhail Krichevsky
Mikhail Efimovich 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. After the October Revolution he returned home, where he settled and lived in Donetsk and died in 2008 at the claimed age of 111 years old.
Mikhail Efimovich Krichevsky | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 February 1897 Karlovka, Konstantinograd uyezd, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 26 December 2008 (aged 111 years, 305 days) Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Allegiance |  Russian Empire |
| Service/ | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Imperial Russian Army |
| Years of service | 1917 |
| Rank |  Praporshchik |
| Unit | Engineering corps |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
See also
- List of last surviving World War I veterans by country
References
- 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.
- Matveyev, Vladimir (5 January 2009). "Oldest known Ukrainian Jew dies at 111". JTA. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
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