after his service in the army, taran began working at a sovkhoz as a zoo technician, fireman and inspector. during the market reforms, he became a beekeeper. he had a house, farm, wife and two children: natalia (1974-1994) and vladimir (1977-2001). but in the mid-1990s, his family began to have problems. his daughter natalia fell in love with a drug addict and soon began taking drugs herself. in june 1994, she was admitted to hospital in a serious condition caused by a drug overdose, where she soon after died. allegedly, she died from an allergic reaction to an injection given by the doctors. taran sued the doctor konoplyankin, who was on duty that day in intensive care (according to some sources, the doctor had long suffered from alcoholism), but konoplyankin was ultimately justified and pardoned.