Vitaly Raevsky
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|name=Vitaliy Anatoliovich Raevskiy
Віталій Анатолійович Раєвський
|birth_date={{Birth date|1949|02|25}}
|death_date={{Death date and age|2014|11|17|1949|02|25}}
|birth_place=Khyriv, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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|allegiance={{flag|Soviet Union}} (to 1991)
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|branch={{flagicon image|USSR Airborn troops flag.svg}} Soviet Airborne Forces
{{flagicon image|Ukrainian Airmobile Forces Flag.svg}} Ukrainian Airmobile Forces
|serviceyears=1962–1998
|rank=Major General
|unit=56th Air Assault Brigade
38th Guards Air Assault Brigade
Airborne Division of Northern Group of Forces
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Vitaliy Anatoliovich Raevskiy ({{Langx|uk|Віталій Анатолійович Раєвський|translit=Vitalii Anatoliiovych Raievskyi}}; February 25, 1949 – 17 November 2014) was a Ukrainian major general of the reserves, who formerly formed and commanded all of the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces and before then was in the Soviet Airborne Troops.[http://www.fond-dobrobut.org.ua/biography.html УФСГВ та ВЗС: Раєвский Віталій Анатолійович Генерал-майор запасу; Віце президент Українського фонду соціальних гарантій військовослужбовців та ветеранів Збройних Сил; Радник Міністра оборони України; член президії Громадської ради при Міністерстві оборони України]{{cite web|url=http://www.osva.vn.ua/index.php/news/245-raevskij|title=Пам'яті бойового побратима.|date=18 November 2014|publisher=ОБЛАСНА СПІЛКА ВЕТЕРАНІВ ВІЙНИ|language=Ukrainian|accessdate=31 May 2015}}
From 1993 to 1998 he was the commander of the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces.
Early career
Vitaliy Anatoliovich Raevskiy was born on February 25, 1949, in Khyriv, Lviv oblast Ukraine.
Education
In 1966 Vitaliy Raevskiy began his education at the Odesa Artillery Institute, where he graduated in 1969.
During the 1978–1981 he attended Frunze Military Academy.
He also attended Voroshilov Military Academy of the USSR Army General Staff from 1989 until 1991.
Assignments
- 1985–1987 – 56th Air Assault Brigade
- Airborne Division of Northern Group of Forces
- 2001-2002 - 242nd Training Centre
- Organized Ukrainian Airmobile Forces
Awards and decorations
Vitaliy Anatoliovich Raevskiy earned the following decorations and awards:[http://www.personal-plus.net/147/223.html Бандитів шукають…Бандитів знайдуть! / Персонал Плюс - №48 (147) 30 листопада - 6 грудня 2005 року]
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of the Red Star
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR Third Class
- Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky – Second Class
- Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky – Third Class
- The Presentational Fire-Arm decoration – a Fort 12 pistol
References
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Category:People from Lviv Oblast
Category:Major generals of Ukraine
Category:Frunze Military Academy alumni
Category:Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni
Category:Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd class
Category:Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class