Skobov Alexander Valerievich
2. Anti-totalitarian manifesto, - 1985 (6 sheets, photocopy).
3. Draft political declaration drawn up by Skobov A.V. in 1988 (4 sheets, photocopy).
4. Interview of Senderov V. with Skobov A.V., entitled “Interview with a Marxist”, “Posev” No. 3, 1988 (5 sheets, photocopy).
5. Article “Consider me a prisoner of war” or the way out of the revolution”, published in the newspaper “Smena” No. 184 [19634] dated 11.08.1990. (1 sheet, newspaper clipping).
6. Interview with Skobov A.V., cassette No. 1, entry dated 06/29/1991. (25 sheets, typescript). (Entire interview - in 3 attached text files).
7. Interview with Skobov A.V., cassette No. 2, entry dated 06/29/1991. (8 sheets, typescript).
8. Interview with Skobov A.V., cassette No. 3, entry dated 07/04/1991. (16 sheets, typescript).
9. Interview with Skobov A.V., cassette No. 4, entry dated 07/04/1991. (20 sheets, typescript).
10. Interview with Skobov A.V., cassette No. 5, entry dated 08/02/1991. (21 sheets, typescript).
11. Article-interview with Skobov A.V. “I am against any violence”, “Evening Petersburg”, 09.12.1994. (1 sheet, newspaper clipping).
12. Material Skobova A.V. “Before it's too late”, dedicated to the war in Chechnya, written on 12.02.1995. and “11 theses about the Chechen war and not only about it” dated 01/15/1995, printed on the reverse side of the document, with a handwritten comment “distributed in the form of a leaflet at anti-war rallies near the Kazan Cathedral”. (1 sheet, printout).
13. Material Skobov A.V. “The government of murderers is on trial!” with a handwritten note “distributed in the form of a leaflet at anti-war rallies near the Kazan Cathedral in the beginning. 1995”. (1 sheet, printout, 1 sheet, typewritten copy).
14. Material Skobov A.V. dated February 29, 2000 with a handwritten note “The material was published with slight cuts in Novaya Gazeta before the presidential elections of 2000”, dedicated to the war in Chechnya. (1 sheet, printout).
15. Material Skobov A.V. “Is it possible for us to have a People's Front?”, April 2001. (1 sheet, printout).
16. Resolution of the Dzerzhinsky Federal Court dated April 16, 2003 on the exposure of Skobov A.The. a fine of 5 minimum wages (five hundred rubles). (1 sheet, photocopy).
17. Questionnaire of the political prisoner society "Memorial" No. 3A-107, filled in by Skobov A.V. (1 sheet, original on letterhead).
18. Photo by Skobov A.V. and Vinogradova F. at the Faculty of History of Leningrad State University, approx. 1976-1977 (1 sheet, photograph).
19. Photo by Skobov A.V. in nature, ca. 1977 (1 sheet, photograph).
20. Photo by Skobov A.V. (1 sheet, photograph).
21. Photo by Skobov A.V. (1 sheet, photocopy).
Names (1)
Skobov Alexander Valerievich
Dissident, political activist, publicist, teacher. Member of the underground youth organization "Left Opposition" (1978)
Born in 1957. In 1976 he was a student in the evening department of the history department of Leningrad State University, a member of the underground organization "New Left". On February 24, 1976, on the opening day of the 25th Congress of the CPSU, he took part in distributing leaflets in Leningrad from the gallery of Gostiny Dvor with calls for a new revolution. In April 1976, he created the underground student commune "Leningrad School". Then the "Left Opposition" group was organized, which was engaged in the samizdat publication of the magazine "Prospects" (editor - Skobov A.V.). He was arrested in December 1978 together with his fellow workers A.S. Tsurkov and A.I. Reznikov. He refused to emigrate from the USSR. At the Serbsky Research Institute, he was declared insane and placed in a special psychiatric hospital. After his release in 1981, he joined SMOT. Lived in Leningrad. On 12-13.12.1982, he took part in an action to paint walls with political slogans. On 20.12.1982, he was arrested. Again placed in a special psychiatric hospital, from which he was released in 1985. He took part in the activities of the "Democratic Union", for which in 1988 he was searched along with four other defendants in "Case No. 64" (charges under "ASA"). The case was closed in 1989 due to a change in the wording of the article. In the 1990s, he worked as a history teacher at School No. 90 (St. Petersburg). After the start of the First Chechen War, he was an active participant in the anti-war movement, the author of a number of anti-war appeals. In the late 2000s, he was a member of the Yabloko party, from which he left in 2010. In 2009-2011 — member of the coordinating council of the St. Petersburg branch of the Solidarity movement. In March 2010, he signed the appeal of the Russian opposition "Putin must go". Columnist for the Grani.ru portal. On March 21, 2025, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison by the 1st Western District Military Court of St. Petersburg. He was recognized as a political prisoner.
Documents (19)
1. Curriculum vitae No. 3B-31 about A.V. Skobov’s p/z (no seat, not earlier than August 1984). Archive of Radio Liberty [AS No. 5393].
5 sheets, photocopy of typescript
4. Interview of Senderov V. with Skobov A.V., entitled “Interview with a Marxist”, “Posev” No. 3, 1988.
5 sheets, newspaper clipping.
5. The article “Consider me a prisoner of war” or the path out of the revolution”, published in the newspaper “Smena” No. 184[19634] dated 08/11/1990.
6. Interview with A.V. Skobov, tape No. 1, recording dated June 29, 1991. (attached pdf file) (The entire interview is in 3 attached doc files).
25 sheets, typescript.
7. Interview with A.V. Skobov, tape No. 2, recording dated June 29, 1991. (attached pdf file)
8 sheets, typescript
8. Interview with A.V. Skobov, tape No. 3, recording dated 07/04/1991. (attached pdf file)
16 sheets, typescript
9. Interview with Skobov A.V., cassette No. 4, recording dated 07/04/1991. (attached pdf file)
20 sheets, typescript
10. Interview with Skobov A.V., cassette No. 5, recording dated 08/02/1991. (attached pdf file)
21 sheets, typescript.
11. Article-interview with Skobov A.V. “I am against any violence”, “Evening Petersburg”, 12/09/1994.
12. Material by Skobova A.V. “Before it’s too late,” dedicated to the war in Chechnya, written on 02/12/1995 and “11 theses on the Chechen war and not only about it” dated 01/15/1995, printed on the back of the document, with a handwritten comment “distributed in the form of a leaflet at anti-war rallies at the Kazan Cathedral."
13. Material by Skobova A.V. “The government of murderers is on trial!” with a handwritten note “distributed in the form of a leaflet at anti-war rallies near the Kazan Cathedral in the beginning. 1995
14. Material by Skobova A.V. dated 02/29/2000 with a handwritten note “The material was published with slight abbreviations in Novaya Gazeta before the 2000 presidential elections,” dedicated to the war in Chechnya.
15. Material by Skobova A.V. “Is a Popular Front possible for us?”, April 2001.
18. Photo by Skobov A.V. and F. Vinogradov at the history department of Leningrad State University, ca. 1976-1977
