Background
Sokolov, Yuri Mikhailovich was born on November 22, 1932 in Simferopol, Crimea, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Michail and Valentina (Nikolaeva) Sokolov.
Sokolov, Yuri Mikhailovich was born on November 22, 1932 in Simferopol, Crimea, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Michail and Valentina (Nikolaeva) Sokolov.
Graduate, Moscow State Institute for International Relations, 1956.
Served in, Soviet Embassy, Austria, 1956-1959; served in, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Consulate General, Gdansk, Poland, 1960-1964; served in, Soviet Embassy, Poland, 1966-1970; counsellor, Soviet Embassy, Great Britain, 1977-1981; ambassador, plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Russian Federation, New Zealand, 1987-1994; various posts, Ministry Foreign Affairs, Moscow deputy general secretary, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Ministry Foreign Affairs, 1981-1986.
Married Natalia Shubnikova, September 4, 1943. Children: Natalia, Michail, Maria.