Mikhail Krichevsky
Soviet scientist and inventor, last surviving Ukrainian World War I veteran
About Mikhail Krichevsky
Lived 1897 – 2008 (aged 111). Mikhail Krichevsky was a Russian and Ukrainian scientist.
Mikhail Yefimovich Krichevsky (, ; 25 February 1897
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.
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Who was Mikhail Krichevsky?
Soviet scientist and inventor, last surviving Ukrainian World War I veteran
When was Mikhail Krichevsky born?
Mikhail Krichevsky was born on 9 March 1897 in Karlivka.
When did Mikhail Krichevsky die?
Mikhail Krichevsky died on 26 December 2008 in Donetsk.
What was Mikhail Krichevsky's occupation?
Mikhail Krichevsky was a scientist.
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Mikhail Krichevsky was Russian and Ukrainian.
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