Fyodor Efremovich Tarasov - branch commander of the 104th Guards Separate Demining Battalion (89th Guards Belgorod-Kharkov Red Banner Rifle Division, 5th Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front), Senior Sergeant of the Guard. Born on September 1, 1924 in the village of Bely Kolodez, Veidelevskiy district, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 27, 1945, for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command at the front of the fight against the German invaders and the displayed courage and heroism of the Guards Senior Sergeant Tarasov Fyodor Efremovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star Medal.