Sergei Skazkin

Sergei Danilovich Skazkin was a Soviet historian, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. Doctor of Sciences in Historical Sciences.
Skazkin graduated from Moscow State University in 1915 and began teaching at the university in 1920. In 1935, he became Professor of the Faculty of History, and from 1949 he was Head of the Department of Medieval History. He succeeded Eugene Kosminsky.
In addition to research at MSU, Skazkin also performed research at the Institute of History of the USSR. In 1961, he headed its section of Medieval History, Institute of History, and Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. After the institute's division in 1968, Skazkin headed the same sections at the Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.