Skazkin Sergei

Skazkin Sergei Danilovich (19 October 1890, Novocherkassk - 14 April 1973, Moscow) was a Soviet historian.

He attended Moscow State University, graduating in 1915. From 1920 Skazkin taught at Moscow State University. Beginning in 1935 he was Professor of the Faculty of History, and from 1949 Head of the Department of Medieval History MSU.

Work at MSU Skazkin combined with research at the Institute of History of the USSR: in 1961 he headed the section of Medieval History, Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, and since 1968, after the division of the Institute, the same sector of the Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of the USSR.