title: Vitaly Raevsky
text: # Vitaly Raevsky
  
  Vitaliy Anatoliovich Raevskiy (Ukrainian: Віталій Анатолійович Раєвський, romanized: 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.
  
  ## 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
  * Organized Ukrainian Airmobile Forces
  
  ## Awards and decorations
  
  Vitaliy Anatoliovich Raevskiy earned the following decorations and awards:
  
  * 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
  