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Jewish-Ukrainian supercentenarian
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Mikhail 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 / wars
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner of Labour

Mikhail Yefimovich Krichevsky (Ukrainian: Михайло Юхимович Кричевський, Russian: Михаил Ефимович Кричевский; 25 February 1897 – 26 December 2008) was a Jewish-Ukrainian supercentenarian and the last surviving World War I veteran who fought for the Russian Empire.

Career

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.

Mikhail Krichevsky died in 2008 at the age of 111 years, 305 days.

See also

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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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