Yury Vladimirovich Skokov (
Russian
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: Юрий Владимирович Скоков; 20 June 1938 – 5 February 2013) was a Russian politician who served as Secretary of the
Security Council of Russia
The Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF or Sovbez; russian: Совет безопасности Российской Федерации (СБРФ), Sovet bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii (SBRF)) is a constitutional consultative bo ...
from 1992 to 1993.
Early life and education
Yury Skokov was born in
Vladivostok
Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea ...
,
Russian SFSR
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,
Soviet Union
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on June 20, 1938. His father was an
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union.
...
officer.
He graduated from the
Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute in 1961 with a degree in radio engineering,
Candidate of Sciences
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.
Career
From 1961 to 1969, Skokov was a researcher at Research Institute No. 2 of the
Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union
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in
Kalinin. He 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. He then became the director of a manufacturing plant in
Krasnodar
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and worked there until 1986. In 1986, he was appointed General Director of NPO Kvant, a company which manufactured autonomous energy. In 1988, he became one of the initiators of the creation of AMBI Bank (Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Intersectoral Integration).
Political career
He was elected a member of the
, and served as a People's Deputy in the
Congress of People's Deputies from 1989 to 1991. From 1990 to 1991, he was the First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. 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. He also became a member of the
State Council under the President of the RSFSR in 1991. From September 19, 1991, to April 3, 1992, he served as the Assistant to the
President of the RSFSR
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,
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
.
From May 22, 1992, to May 10, 1993, he served as the Secretary of the
Security Council of Russia
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. As Secretary of the Security Council, Skokov was responsible for resolving issues with former
union republics
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of the
Soviet Union
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. He actively participated in settling the
Abkhaz-Georgian conflict and his efforts helped Russia take a balanced take at the issue.
In March 1993, he entered into an open conflict with the
President of Russia
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,
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
, refusing to endorse the draft decree of Yeltsin on the introduction of a special procedure for governing the country. The decree included the dissolution of the
Supreme Soviet of Russia
The Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR (russian: Верховный Совет РСФСР, ''Verkhovny Sovet RSFSR''), later Supreme Soviet of the Russia, Russian Federation (russian: Верховны ...
, which was contrary to the
1978 Constitution of the RSFSR which was still in power. Due to the conflict, Skokov was removed from his post on May 10, 1993.
From August to September 1993, he participated in the creation of the "Consent for the Fatherland" committee, a centrist organization which wanted to peacefully resolve the
1993 Russian constitutional crisis
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.
In April 1995, Skokov held the All-Russian Congress of the
Congress of Russian Communities
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, at which he was elected Chairman of the organization's national council. The Congress of Russian Communities participated in the
1995 Russian legislative election
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, but did not overcome the 5% threshold, receiving only 4.31% of the vote.
In 1997, Skokov became a member of the Presidential Council of the
Republic of Sakha
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.
In October 2006, Skokov was elected to the Presidium of the Central Council of
A Just Russia
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during the constituent congress. Later in April 2007, he became one of the leaders of the
Moscow
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branch of the party.
Death
Yury Skokov died on February 5, 2013, at his residence in Moscow from a heart attack.
Nikolai Patrushev
Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev (russian: Никола́й Плато́нович Па́трушев; born 11 July 1951) is a Russian politician, security officer and intelligence officer who has served as the secretary of the Security Council of ...
, then Secretary of the
Security Council of Russia
The Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF or Sovbez; russian: Совет безопасности Российской Федерации (СБРФ), Sovet bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii (SBRF)) is a constitutional consultative bo ...
visited the requiem. Skokov was buried at the
Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
The Troyekurovo Cemetery (russian: Троекуровское кладбище, Troyekurovskoye kladbishche), alternatively known as ''Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery'' (russian: Ново-Кунцевское кладбище, Novo-Kuntsevskoye kladbishch ...
located in Moscow.
Awards
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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Order of the Badge of Honour
The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union.
It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...
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Medal "Defender of a Free Russia"
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See also
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Security Council of Russia
The Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF or Sovbez; russian: Совет безопасности Российской Федерации (СБРФ), Sovet bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii (SBRF)) is a constitutional consultative bo ...
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Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
The Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union (russian: Съезд народных депутатов СССР, ''Sʺezd narodnykh deputatov SSSR'') was the highest body of state authority of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991.
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References
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1938 births
2013 deaths
A Just Russia politicians
Russian political party founders