Background
Alexander Skogorev was born on April 9, 1954, in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Alexander Skogorev was born on April 9, 1954, in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Alexander Skogorev graduated from the History Department of Voronezh State University (1976).
Alexander Skogorev worked as a teacher in a secondary school in the village of Krasny Liman, Paninsky district, Voronezh region (1976), a teacher in the Department of General History of the Tambov State Pedagogical Institute (1977-1980). Trainee teacher at the History Department of Moscow State University (1980-1982), graduate student at Moscow State University (1982-1985), teacher at the Department of General History of the Bryansk State Pedagogical Institute (1986-1989). Junior researcher at the Institute of Archeology of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1980), senior lecturer at the State Academy of Oil and Gas named after I.M. Gubkina (1980-2004), professor of the Russian State Social University (Moscow, since 2005).
Specialist in the field of early Christianity.
The author of more than 80 published works, including books: "Apocryphal deeds of the apostles. The Arabian Gospel of Childhood" (St. Petersburg, 2000), "Biblical Tales and Legends" (Moscow, 2004; together with A.I. Nemirovsky), "Bible Stories" (Moscow, 2006; together with A.I. Nemirovsky).