Taras I. Pazyn

Born on October 16, 1989, in the village of Novyny, Yavoriv District, Lviv Region. From September 2006 to June 2011, he studied at the Faculty of History of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, where he obtained a degree in history and became a history teacher. In October 2011, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where he served until April 2012 at the military training center "Desna." From April 2012, he served in military unit A 1111 in Chernivtsi as a junior sergeant. From September 2012, he worked for a year as a social psychologist at the Yavoriv Gymnasium named after Osyp Makovey. From September 2013, he worked as a history teacher at the general secondary school of I–II degrees in the village of Novyny. On March 23, 2014, he was called up for partial mobilization into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in military unit A3913 in the town of Novy Kalyniv. On August 21, he went to the front of the Russo-Ukrainian war.