From 1961 to 1969, Skokov was a researcher at Research Institute No. 2 of the
Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union 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 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
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. 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,
Boris Yeltsin. From May 22, 1992, to May 10, 1993, he served as the Secretary of the
Security Council of Russia. As Secretary of the Security Council, Skokov was responsible for resolving issues with former
union republics of the
Soviet Union. 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,
Boris Yeltsin, 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, 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. In April 1995, Skokov held the All-Russian Congress of the
Congress of Russian Communities, at which he was elected Chairman of the organization's national council. The Congress of Russian Communities participated in the
1995 Russian legislative election, 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. In October 2006, Skokov was elected to the Presidium of the Central Council of
A Just Russia during the constituent congress. Later in April 2007, he became one of the leaders of the
Moscow branch of the party. == Death ==