Background
Anton Fyodorovich Shokov was born on August 15, 1911, in the village of Teplyy Kolodez', Kursk Oblast', Russian Federation.
Anton Fyodorovich Shokov was born on August 15, 1911, in the village of Teplyy Kolodez', Kursk Oblast', Russian Federation.
Anton Fyodorovich graduated from High School in the city of Stary Oskol in 1931, then the history department of the Voronezh State Pedagogical Institute (now University) in 1937.
Anton Fyodorovich worked in the newspaper, was the head of the department of the district committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League and chairman of the district committee of the Union of educators (1932-1933) in the city of Stary Oskol. Senior lecturer (1937-1941, 1946-1952), associate professor (1952-1954, 1957-1978) of the Department of General History, head of the Faculty of History (1937-1941) of the Voronezh State Pedagogical Institute (now University). He was a member of the Great Patriotic War.
Author of more than 50 works on the history of the Ancient World and archeology, including books published in Voronezh.