Education
Until 1991, he was a student at the Department of Economy and in Faculty of Law in the Leningrad State University (СПбГУ).
Until 1991, he was a student at the Department of Economy and in Faculty of Law in the Leningrad State University (СПбГУ).
Education Professor in Higher School Sokolov was working between 1991 to 1993 as a Lecturer in the Faculty of Economy in History of Economy and Macro Economics studies. According to examination made by Dissernet, this doctoral thesis contains gross undocumented plagiarism from two other doctoral theses. From 2011 Sokolov is a Professor and Chair of a Department in Higher Management School of Saint St. Petersburg State University.
Business In 1992, he become as the Chairman of the "Rossi" Company, until 1999, and between 1999 and 2004 he was Chairman of "Corporation South", a company that builds elite homes in Street St. Petersburg.
Political career In 2004, he was working in the Administration of Saint St. Petersburg as Head of Committee for Strategic Projects of the Municipal government. In 2009, he moved to Moscow and in December 4 in the same year he become the Director of Department for Industry and Infrastructures of the Government of Russia.
In May 2012, he was appointed as Minister for Transportation in the Medvedev"s Government.
In 2009, he was a member of the municipal government, as Chairman of Committee for Economic Development, Industrial policy and Trade.