Mikhail Krichevsky

Mikhail Efimovich Krichevsky (Ukrainian: Михайло Юхимович Кричевський; 25 February 1897 – 26 December 2008) was a Ukrainian people|Ukrainian supercentenarian. At the time of his death, he was the last surviving World War I veteran of the Imperial Russian Army. Krichevsky was mobilized into the army in 1917 and was sent to the Southwestern Front, becoming an engineer. After the October Revolution he returned home, where he settled and lived in Donetsk.