Vladimir Rayevsky

Vladimir Fedoseyevich Rayevsky (Russian: Владимир Федосеевич Раевский; 8 April [O.S. 28 March] 1795 – 20 July [O.S. 8 July] 1872) was a Russian poet, who participated in the Patriotic war of 1812.

This article is about Russian poet. For Russian journalist, see Vladimir Rayevsky (journalist).

Vladimir Rayevsky

After the war, when living in Tiraspol, he became a leading member of the Southern Society of Decembrists. The world's only known statue of him is located in Tiraspol.^[1]