A participant in the Great Patriotic War. Awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Order of Patriotic War II degree. On the back side of the photo there is an inscription in graphite pencil: "Fyodor Ivanovich Taidonov. Germany. Berlin after the war on May 2, 1945". The Museum of the city of Seversk also contains the Gratitude of Guards Senior Lieutenant Fyodor Ivanovich Taydonov, announced by Order No. 359 of May 1, 1945, by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Marshal of the Soviet Union, Comrade Stalin, for the capture of Berlin. 1945 g.