Taras "Fanat" Chuchman is a fan of the football club "Karpaty" (Lviv).

Taras Yaroslavovych Chuchman was born on July 4, 1982 in the city of Lviv. He graduated from the "Western Ukrainian Collegium" College, majoring in "Jurisprudence". He graduated from a music school, class - cymbals. In his youth, he played and was interested in football.

He started cheering for "Karpaty" in 1997, when he got to the "Ukraine" stadium for the first time. Since 2005, he supported the team in the fan sector at home and away matches.

In a fan movement, Taras revealed and developed his talent as a photographer. Every active fan of "Karpat" has at least once seen his videos dedicated to the history of the Lviv club, as well as videos from ultras promotions. He was also a full-time correspondent of the club. A regular participant in Eurofan tournaments, which were held every year in Lviv and gathered fans from many countries. As a reminder, they have video memories from those days, shot and edited by Taras Chuchman. Thanks to these videos, the "Karpat" fan was known far beyond the borders of Ukraine.

In civilian life, Taras was not only engaged in photography and video production, but was also a highly qualified specialist in the field of IT. Worked at SoftServe as a Senior E-learning Developer, in a team that creates educational materials in electronic format. Thanks to his professionalism and efforts, hundreds of successful training courses and video materials were filmed and created.

Together with his wife Oksana, they raised three children. The eldest son Pavlo was born in 2003, in 2008 and 2009 - daughters Yaryna and Anna. Relatives and friends always knew Taras as an exemplary husband and father who was ready to do anything for the sake of his family. He adored the Carpathian mountains, together with his family he climbed the mountains: Parashka, Pikuy, Dragobrat, Zakhar Berkut.

In 2016, he became the author of a video clip on the topic of modern war "Rebellious Steppe", which he shot in support of the Armed Forces. He was engaged in collecting funds for the needs of children with oncological diseases and homeless animals.

From the first days of the full-scale war, Taras joined the ranks of the 2nd separate Galician brigade of NSU, taking the call sign "Fanat". According to the memories of friends from the fan movement, Taras deliberately wanted to go to Donbas and wanted to be useful. His eyes were burning with the fact that he would be there to bring benefit with his drone.

Taras Chuchman died on April 4, 2023 as a result of enemy artillery shelling near Maryinka (Donetsk region). Buried at the Lychakivka cemetery of the city of Lviv. In February 2024, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the school building where Fanat studied. His youngest daughter studies in the same school.