Mikhail Efimovich Krichevsky | |
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Born | February 25, 1897 Karlovka, Konstantinograd uyezd, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | December 26, 2008 Donetsk, Russia |
(aged 111)
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Service/branch | Russian Army |
Years of service | 1917–? |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Mikhail Efimovich Krichevsky (Ukrainian: Михайло Юхимович Кричевський; 25 February 1897 – 26 December 2008) was Ukraine's last surviving World War I veteran. He 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. He lived in Donetsk.
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