Oleksandr M. Cherkashyn (Taras)

Born on September 27, 1982, in Brest (Belarus). Belarusian. Graduated from high school. In childhood and youth, he was seriously engaged in sports. After finishing school, he applied to the sports academy in Minsk, but he was one point short of passing the competition. Engaged in public activities. Actively participated in the national movement of Belarus. He was a member of the sports-patriotic organization "Kray," an activist of the "Zubr" movement. Since 2009, he has been in the organization "Belarusian Christian Democracy," becoming the head of the Brest city branch of the organization. He participated in a number of actions of the democratic forces, which led to him being repeatedly detained by the Belarusian police. Studied at the Tavriya Christian Institute in Kherson. In 2014, he volunteered to join the ranks of the Volunteer Ukrainian Corps "Right Sector," was a fighter of the tactical group "Belarus" of the 1st assault company of the 5th separate battalion, and performed the duties of a chaplain. Since January 2015, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in Eastern Ukraine. He took part in the battles for Donetsk airport, in the village of Pisky in the Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, and in the area of the city of Mariupol in Donetsk region. On September 3, 2015, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Kamenytsia-Zhirovetska in the Brest district of Brest region (Belarus).