| Valentyna Rakytianska | |
| Birth Date: | 15 October 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Bender, Moldova |
| Death Place: | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Nationality: | Ukrainian |
| Occupation: | Librarian |
| Known For: | Director of the Kharkiv Korolenko State Scientific Library |
Valentyna Rakytianska (15 October 1948 – 23 October 2021) was a Ukrainian librarian who served as the director of the Kharkiv Korolenko State Scientific Library.
Rakytianska was born in Tighina, Moldavian SSR (now Bender, under unrecognized Transnistrian control) in 1948.[1] She graduated from the Kharkiv State Institute of Culture.
Rakytianska worked many years in library service, becoming the deputy director of the Kharkiv Korolenko State Scientific Library in 1984. In 1995, she became the director of the Kharkiv Korolenko State Scientific Library.
Using funding from the United States Embassy, she modernized the library. Between 2004 and 2005, she expanded the local library network, making 27 book collections available.
Rakytianska died in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on 23 October 2021, from COVID-19, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.[3]