Vitaliy Anatoliovich Raevskiy (February 25, 1949 – ) is a Ukrainian Reserves Major General. Who formerly formed and commanded all of the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces

Ukrainian Airmobile Forces

The airmobile force is a highly mobile component of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.The airmobile forces consist of formations, units and elements of the Army and the Army aviation, trained for combined activities behind the enemy lines....

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Early career

Vitaliy Anatoliovich Raevskiy was born on February 25, 1949 in Khyriv

Khyriv

Khyriv is a small town in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine.It housed a Jesuit college, Zakład Naukowo-Wychowawczy Ojców Jezuitów w Chyrowie, then in Poland.Population is 4,590 ....

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Lviv Oblast

Lviv Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939...

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

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Education

In 1966 Vitaliy Raevskiy began his education at the Odessa 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 Regiment
• Airborne Division of Northern Group of Forces
  Northern Group of Forces
  The Northern Group of Forces was the military formation of the Soviet Army stationed in Poland from the end of Second World War in 1945 until 1993 when they were withdrawn in the aftermath of the fall of Soviet Union...
  
  
• Organized Ukrainian Airmobile Forces
  Ukrainian Airmobile Forces
  The airmobile force is a highly mobile component of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.The airmobile forces consist of formations, units and elements of the Army and the Army aviation, trained for combined activities behind the enemy lines....
  
  

Awards and decorations

Vitaliy Anatoliovich Raevskiy earned the following decorations and awards:

• Order of the Red Banner
  Order of the Red Banner
  The Soviet government of Russia established the Order of the Red Banner , a military decoration, on September 16, 1918 during the Russian Civil War...
  
  
• Order of the Red Star
  Order of the Red Star
  Established on 6 April 1930, the Order of the Red Star was an order of the Soviet Union, given to Red Army and Soviet Navy personnel for "exceptional service in the cause of the defense of the Soviet Union in both war and peace". It was established by Resolution of the Presidium of the CEC of the...
  
  
• Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces - Third Class
  Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces
  The Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR also known as Order of Service to Motherland was a USSR military order created on 28 October 1974, making it the first military order created after the end of World War II.According to its statute, the order was awarded for...
  
  
• Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky - Second Class
  Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
  Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky may refer to:* Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky , state military award in the Soviet Union* Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky , state military award in Ukraine...
  
  
• Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky - Third Class
  Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
  Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky may refer to:* Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky , state military award in the Soviet Union* Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky , state military award in Ukraine...
  
  
• The Presentational Fire-Arm decoration - a Fort 12 pistol