Raevsky, Vitaliy Anatolevich

• Odessa Higher Artillery Command School ( 1969 ).
• Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze ( 1981 ).
• Military Academy of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces ( 1991 ).

• September 1966 - July 1969 - Cadet of the Odessa Higher Artillery Command School ,
• July 1969 - September 1972 - commander of a fire platoon in the 111th Guards Parachute Regiment , 105th Guards Airborne Division in the TurkME ,
• September 1972 - December 1975 - commander of an artillery battery in the 111th Guards Parachute Regiment ,
• December 1975 - August 1978 - Deputy Chief of Staff of the regiment in the 111th Guards Parachute Regiment ,
• August 1978 - June 1981 - student of the Frunze Military Academy ,
• June 1981 - April 1982 - chief of staff - deputy regiment commander of the 237th Guards Parachute Regiment of the 76th Guards Airborne Division , in the LenVO ,
• April 1982 - August 1983 - chief of staff - deputy regiment commander of the 1318th airborne assault regiment, 5th combined arms army corps, in the BelVO ,
• August 1983 - November 1985 - commander of the 1318th air assault regiment,
• November 1985 - August 1987 - Commander of the 56th Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade , in OKSVA . During the military operation, the armored personnel carrier on which Raevsky was blown up on a land mine , as a result of which he received a fracture of the base of the skull, a severe concussion, numerous fragmentation wounds, fractures and temporarily lost his sight,
• August 1987 - June 1989 - commander of the 38th separate guards air assault brigade in BelVO ,
• June 1989 - June 1991 - Student of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR ,
• June 1991 - May 1992 - Head of the 242nd Guards Training Center of the Airborne Forces , in the Baltic Military District ,
• May 1992 - transferred to serve in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine , to the Main Directorate of the Ground Forces. He dealt with the creation of airmobile forces ,
• February 1993 - September 1993 - Head of the 95th Training Center for the Training of Junior Specialists of the Airborne Forces . The center was created on the basis of the Sumy Higher Command Artillery School . According to the order of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine of February 1, 1993 No. 010, it was decided to move the Training Center to the city of Zhitomir ^[1] ,
• September 1993 - April 1995 - Head of the Airmobile Forces Directorate of the Main Directorate of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
• April 1995 - February 1996 - Head of the Air Force ,
• February 1996 - July 1996 - Head of the Central Directorate of Airborne Forces ,
• July 1996 - July 1998 - Head of the Airborne Forces .
• since July 9, 1998 - retired
• 1999-2005 - Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Veterans Affairs
• 2005-2009 - Vice-President of the Ukrainian Fund for Social Guarantees of Armed Forces and Veterans. Chairman of the Gardez International Charitable Fund. ^[2]
• 2009—2014 - Deputy Head of the Representative Office of the Committee on the Affairs of International Warriors in Ukraine

During his service in the airborne troops he carried out over 500 parachute jumps from various types of aircraft and helicopters ^[3] .

• Wife - Raevskaya Valentina Vasilievna
• Son - Raevsky Vadim Vitalievich

• Order of the Red Banner
• Order of the Red Star .
• Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" III degree .
• Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky II degree (Ukraine)
• Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky III degree (Ukraine)
• Medals

• Airborne troops
• 105th Guards Airborne Division
• Afghan war (1979-1989)
• 38th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade
• 56th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade
• 242nd educational center for training junior airborne specialists
• Armed forces of Ukraine

• The First Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Forces Major General Vitaliy Raevsky
• The 65th anniversary of the First Commander of the Airborne Forces of Ukraine, Major General Raevsky
• V. A. Raevsky: Between the Past and the Future