Mikhail Yefimovich Krichevsky ( ua, Михайло Юхимович Кричевський, russian: Михаил Ефимович Кричевский; 25 February 1897?, Karlovka,

Poltava Governorate The Poltava Governorate (russian: Полтавская губерния, Poltavskaya guberniya; ua, Полтавська Губернія, translit=Poltavska huberniia) or Poltavshchyna was a gubernia (also called a province or government) in t ...

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

– 26 December 2008,

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, Donetsk Oblast,

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) was a

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supercentenarian and the last surviving

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veteran who fought for the Russian Empire. 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 ( rus, Пра́порщик, 3=ˈprapərɕːɪk, ) is a rank used by the Russian Armed Forces and a number of former communist states. The rank is a non-commissioned officer's and is equivalent to in navies. It is usually equivalent to Warrant ...

''. After the

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he returned home, where he settled and lived in

and died in 2008 at the claimed age of 111 years old.

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2008 deaths Russian military personnel of World War I Ukrainian centenarians Dnipro Polytechnic alumni Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour People from Poltava Oblast People from Poltava Governorate Jews from the Russian Empire Ukrainian Jews Soviet Jews Ukrainian people of World War I Longevity claims 1890s births {{Ukraine-bio-stub

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