14 Facts About Yury Skokov

Yury Vladimirovich Skokov was a Russian politician who served as Secretary of the Security Council of Russia from 1992 to 1993.

Yury Skokov was born in Vladivostok, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on June 20,1938.

Yury Skokov graduated from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute in 1961 with a degree in radio engineering, Candidate of Sciences.

From 1961 to 1969, Skokov was a researcher at Research Institute No 2 of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union in Kalinin.

Yury Skokov then worked at the All-Union Research Institute of Current Sources of the Ministry of Electrotechnical Industry of the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1977.

Yury Skokov then became the director of a manufacturing plant in Krasnodar and worked there until 1986.

Yury Skokov was elected a member of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and served as a People's Deputy in the Congress of People's Deputies from 1989 to 1991.

Yury Skokov then served as the State Advisor to the RSFSR and Secretary of the Council for Federation and Territory Affairs under the President of the RSFSR from July 19,1991, to September 12,1991.

Yury Skokov became a member of the State Council under the President of the RSFSR in 1991.

Yury Skokov actively participated in settling the Abkhaz-Georgian conflict and his efforts helped Russia take a balanced take at the issue.

In 1997, Yury Skokov became a member of the Presidential Council of the Republic of Sakha.

In October 2006, Yury Skokov was elected to the Presidium of the Central Council of A Just Russia during the constituent congress.

Yury Skokov died on February 5,2013, at his residence in Moscow from a heart attack.

Yury Skokov was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery located in Moscow.