104. Collection Skobov A.V.

Skobov Alexander Valerievich

In 1976 - student of the Evening. Department. ist. Faculty of Leningrad State University, member of the underground organization "New Left". On February 24, 1976, on the opening day of the 25th Congress of the CPSU, he participated in the distribution of leaflets in Leningrad from the Gostiny Dvor gallery calling for a new revolution. In April 1976 he created the underground student commune "Leningrad School". Then the group “Left Opposition” was organized, which was engaged in publishing the samizdat magazine “Perspectives” (editor - Skobov A.V.). Arrested in December 1978 together with fellow businessmen A.S. Tsurkov. and Reznikov A.I. He refused to emigrate from the USSR. At the Research Institute named after. Serbsky was declared insane and was placed in a mental hospital. special hospital After his release in 1981, he joined the SMOT. Lived in Leningrad. On December 12-13, 1982, he took part in an action to paint walls with political slogans. Arrested on December 20, 1982. Placed in a mental hospital again. special hospital, from where he left in 1985. He participated in the activities of the Democratic Union, for which in 1988 he was subjected to a search along with four other defendants in “Case No. 64” (charge of “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 outbreak of the First Chechen War, he was an active participant in the anti-war movement, the author of a number of anti-war appeals. At the end of the 2000s. - Member of the Yabloko party, from which he left in 2010. In 2009–2011. - member of the coordination Peter's advice branches of the Solidarity movement. In March 2010, Ros signed the appeal. opposition “Putin must go.” Columnist of the portal "Grani.ru".