Mikhail Efimovich Krichevsky
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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
.
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
: Михайло Юхимович Кричевський; 25 February 1897 – 26 December 2008) was Ukraine's last surviving World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
veteran. He joined the army in 1917. Accounts differ as to whether he was sent to the Austro-Hungarian front. After the October Revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
he returned home. He lived in Donetsk
Donetsk
Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...
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See also
- List of veterans of World War I who died in 2008
- List of last surviving World War I veterans by country